They highlight a debate over whether to mandate more fire personnel at large events.
So who will the Texans select with their first pick? The breakdown in communication with ParaDocs cost the Houston Fire Department valuable minutes in launching a robust medical response as people were trampled, crushed and gasping for final breaths while authorities struggled to get information and create a rescue plan, fire officials said.
Garcia helped yank her back up.
The ParaDocs medics worked to revive them, in some cases using a defibrillator, but some of them were trampled by people escaping the crush, she said.
Nafeh Saemdahr, 21, from Los Angeles, arrived hours before the main gate opened to buy souvenirs before supplies ran out, he said.
It was layered with people who had fallen and were trying to claw their way back up, she said.