During a news conference on Sunday morning, Pritzker revealed that a man lost his life and 48 other people were hurt when the roof of the Apollo Theatre in Belvidere, Illinois, collapsed during a sold-out concert on Friday night as violent storms rushed through the region. There are still five persons in critical condition.
Friday saw 12 tornadoes reported by the National Weather Service in Illinois, including an EF-1 tornado in the Davis Junction-Belvidere region. When emergency personnel raced to save the injured, the theater’s marquee and facade fell into State Street, scattering bricks and other debris.
There were about 260 people inside the theater when it collapsed. The victim has been named as 50-year-old Frederick Forest Livingston Jr., according to his employer and sister, who spoke to ABC News on Saturday. His son, Alex, said that he was standing close to his father when the concert’s roof collapsed, crushing him.
His memories of the last minutes he had with his father before he was trampled under tons of bricks and rubble have left him with a broken heart. To see the metal bands Morbid Angel, Revocation, and Skeleton Remains, crowds congregated at the venue. The show was set to begin at 7 o’clock.
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Authorities told a press conference on Saturday morning that they think concertgoers tried to save Livingston by removing debris that had fallen on him. As the fire station is right across the street, according to Belvidere Fire Chief Shawn Schadle, first responders arrived at the scene of the collapse in less than two minutes.
Many ambulances were dispatched to the area, according to the Boone County Sheriff’s Office, and numerous people were observed being carried away on stretchers. Attendee Christina Johnson described the experience as “unreal,” adding, “I was 10 feet from it and it still doesn’t feel real.”According to Johnson, when theater workers stated they would be taking a 30-minute break due to the weather, chaos swiftly followed.
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Johnson said, “They were trying to send people to the basement after the windows broke, but then the roof collapsed. She claimed that it dropped directly into the main pit. Johnson remembered, “I just remember watching all these people trying to pull people out and seeing somebody not moving being hauled out was horrifying.
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