美国国家公共电台 NPR Nightmare Scenario: Concert Security Experts Grapple With Lessons Of Las Vegas

 

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Police across the country say they've stepped up security at concerts and sporting events since the shooting in Las Vegas. This is just the latest assault on a music venue¹ following deadly attacks in Paris and Manchester, England. As NPR's Joel Rose reports in Las Vegas, there may be some lessons the industry can learn.

JOEL ROSE, BYLINE²: A few seconds after the shooting started at the Route 91 Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, headliner Jason Aldean stopped singing and ran off the stage.

PAUL WERTHEIMER: The stage immediately goes dark, and nothing happens as far as the crowd.

ROSE: Paul Wertheimer is the head of Crowd Management Strategies, a firm that advises concert venues³. He's also a longtime critic of the industry's approach to safety. He's studied cellphone videos that members of the audience recorded in the chaotic⁴ moments during and after Sunday night's shooting. And Wertheimer is alarmed by the lack of guidance the audience got.

WERTHEIMER: No direction, no lighting⁵, no prerecorded message, nothing to help the crowd find safe haven⁶ or shelter - and 23,000 people were literally⁷ left in the dark as they were being shot at.

ROSE: To Wertheimer, one lesson from Las Vegas is that the concert industry needs to take emergency planning more seriously, starting with clear messages to the crowd.

WERTHEIMER: Please seek shelter. Please exit this way - and security or crowd managers in place to direct people to escape. There should have been bright signs to show where the exits were, too.

ROSE: The Las Vegas sheriff confirmed that some of the injuries sustained Sunday night were the result of trampling⁸ or just trying to escape, though it's not clear if any of those injuries were fatal. Security experts say there's another lesson here. Concert organizers need to pay more attention to potential threats from outside the gates.

Chris Robinette is the president of Prevent Advisors⁹, part of entertainment industry giant The Oakview Group. His company advises major sports and music venues on security.

CHRIS ROBINETTE: If we're talking about outdoor events, it's important that we think about adjacent buildings, rooftops and balconies and things where threats might now originate that they didn't historically come from.

ROSE: And Robinette says it's not just concert venues that should be more vigilant¹⁰. According to the FBI, the Las Vegas shooter had also researched sites in Boston, including Fenway Park. Joel Rose, NPR News.

1 venue   

n.犯罪地点，审判地，管辖地，发生地点，集合地点

参考例句：

• The hall provided a venue for weddings and other functions.大厅给婚礼和其他社会活动提供了场所。
• The chosen venue caused great controversy among the people.人们就审判地点的问题产生了极大的争议。

2 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

3 venues   

n.聚集地点( venue的名词复数 )；会场；（尤指）体育比赛场所；犯罪地点

参考例句：

• The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
• Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网

4 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

5 lighting   

n.照明，光线的明暗，舞台灯光

参考例句：

• The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
• The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。

6 haven   

n.安全的地方，避难所，庇护所

参考例句：

• It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
• The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。

7 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

8 trampling   

踩( trample的现在分词 )； 践踏； 无视； 侵犯

参考例句：

• Diplomats denounced the leaders for trampling their citizens' civil rights. 外交官谴责这些领导人践踏其公民的公民权。
• They don't want people trampling the grass, pitching tents or building fires. 他们不希望人们踩踏草坪、支帐篷或生火。

9 advisors   

n.顾问，劝告者( advisor的名词复数 )；（指导大学新生学科问题等的）指导教授

参考例句：

• The governors felt that they were being strung along by their advisors. 地方长官感到他们一直在受顾问们的愚弄。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• We will consult together with advisors about her education. 我们将一起和专家商议她的教育事宜。 来自互联网

10 vigilant   

adj.警觉的，警戒的，警惕的

参考例句：

• He has to learn how to remain vigilant through these long nights.他得学会如何在这漫长的黑夜里保持警觉。
• The dog kept a vigilant guard over the house.这只狗警醒地守护着这所房屋。