Astroworld planning document says staff should let the event continue if a 'bomb/terrorist threat' is not in the spectators' area
- A planning document for Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival instructs staff to not panic spectators.
- The plan says staff should let the event continue as long as the "threat" is not in spectators' area.
- At least eight people died at the Friday concert during a crowd surge at the Houston event.
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