8. Outdoor Concert Safety

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/10/arts/music/advocating-for-outdoor-concert-safety-standards.html?_r=1&hp

           James C. McKinley Jr., the author of the article "Advocating for Outdoor Concert Safety Standards," starts out his writing in a very interesting way. He starts out by giving a short description of Jim Digby, the manager of Linkin Park and then starts out by stating a fact: in 1983, a technician of a nightclub operated a piece of equipment that fell and killed a woman who was right below. The author also includes a quote from the technician: "That memory has been buried inside me for years." McKinley also presents another accident: seven people were killed after a stage rigging fell on top of them on a Sugarland concert.
           McKinley uses a mixture of cause and effect facts and some quotes to support his purpose of informing the reader about different problems and cases in outdoor concerts. At first the author presents a number of examples of occasions in which people were victims of a lack of outdoor concert safety. The solution would be the Even Safety Alliance which is promoting worldwide standards for safety and emergency procedures and structure for concert events. The quote from Jim Digby hits the reader directly: "...because it isn't regulated, any cowboy can do anything." The author really tries to support a more precautious approach towards the safety of people who only want to listen to some music- to prevent more innocent people from an unprepared death.