One of the major controversial aspects of the Astroworld festival lies with the concertgoers themselves. They took any and every opportunity to get closer to the stage. Even if it was at the expense of others’ lives. Despite seeing people who had clearly lost consciousness, Beltran said, people continued trampling those who were on the ground. "I was shocked to see people act so inconsiderate and feral. It was insane to see so many just run others over like wild animals," she said. "People did not care, they still tried to squeeze through just to get to the front without thinking of the consequences and who it would affect." From videos online to pictures, it is evident that almost everyone had barely any regard for the safety and wellbeing of the person next to them regardless of relationship. People were still being walked over, trampled, and crushed to death by others with no compassion or concern. 

Another of the major controversial aspects of the Astroworld festival that made this event even more tragic is  Travis Scott’s decision not to fully stop the show. In a previous concert he had, he ultimately stopped the show when a fan stole his shoe. He yelled at others to “beat him up” for taking his shoe. Yet he failed to do so when there are people being crushed to death. Screaming and begging to stop the show for the sake of their lives. There was a viral video of a person receiving CPR while Travis Scott was still performing in the background. Compared to other concerts, a group of 50,000 is nowhere near the masses of other concerts, yet those artists did not fail to bring attention to the safety of their attendees. 
 
According to a Crowd Safety expert, the tragedy was totally preventable. It was a “preventable, man-made tragedy”  Paul Wertheimer, head of the Los Angeles-based crowd safety consulting firm Crowd Management Strategies states. Though this isn’t the first time people tragically died due to crowd stampede, this should remind people of the dangers of large crowd gatherings and take extra personal precautions for their safety and the safety of others. Let this also be a reminder that for those in charge of large crowd gatherings such as music festivals, to make sure safety is their number one priority as someone can get easily lost in the crowd. 
 
Unfortunately, an individual’s safety is something that is often overlooked especially at large events such as concerts where there are tens of thousands attending. It should be noted that in reality, not every single person can be accounted for as the ratio of attendees to safety officers is never enough. Additionally, the question: “what could possibly happen?” tend to loom over attendees and therefore become too comfortable when in fact it is their own responsibility to make sure that their safety is their priority. Everyone should be accountable for their own safety and even the safety of others around them. One should know where the closest exits are, the steps they should take when evacuation is needed, and take personal precautions to avoid dehydration, getting lost in the crowd just to get closer to the stage, and simply reckless actions that are clearly not safe. Even though it is the safety officials’ job to make sure such tragedies would not happen, it is still not enough. It is in their best interest to take extra steps to assure the optimal safety one can be in.