9-year-old boy fighting for his life after being crushed at Astroworld Festival

The concert surge chaos at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival has claimed the lives of eight beauitful people.

But there were even more injured and some of those are fighting for their lives.

9-year-old Ezra Blount is one of those victims. He went to the concert on Friday with his father.

Surge chaos at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival

At a point during the show, Ezra was on his father’s shoulders, in order to stay out of and above the crowd.

But when things got out of control, his father unfortunately became overcome himself, passed out and fell. Ezra also fell and was trampled.

Initially, the boy was taken to a hospital as a John Doe, separated from his father.

Family members desperately tried to find him, only to discover that Ezra suffered major organ damage and was in a medically induced coma.

Relatives say Ezra has severe brain swelling as well.

His family is demanding accountability for the tragic events that unfolded at Astroworld Festival.

“There needs to be accountability, not just from the artist or the event planners, but also from the city of Houston,” said Ezra’s grandfather Bernon Blount.

The family is holding onto hope and praying for his recovery.

GoFundMe

A GoFundMe has been set up to help the family with expenses.