When Taylor Swift introduced her Eras Tour again to London for 5 extra sold-out reveals at Wembley Stadium, she put aside time to fulfill with two younger ladies who survived a horrifying stabbing assault.
Three ladies between 6 and 9 years outdated have been killed within the July 29 assault throughout a kids’s dance class themed after Swift in Southport, England, which left eight different youngsters and two adults injured.
Swift met two survivors, Hope and Autumn, backstage at Wembley, which their mom, Sami Foster, captured in a TikTok video.
“You drew stars around my scars,” Foster wrote Monday within the caption, which references lyrics to Swift’s “Cardigan.” “The biggest thank you to @Taylor Swift and her mum for making the most magical night possible for us all … thank you for bringing Hope & Autumn pure happiness last night & always.”
The put up has since gone viral and accrued greater than 75,000 likes and heartwarming feedback from regional followers. One person who recognized as “a fellow Southport Mum” stated she was “so happy the girls are recovering well,” which numerous others echoed.
“This is so lovely,” one other person commented Monday. “I hope when the girls are older this is the memory that shines through. I don’t know if this was night 4 but it would explain why Taylor was so teary eyed. Must’ve been emotional.”
Swift had already held a number of concert events for U.Okay. audiences in June however returned for another London leg two weeks after the Southport assault, which left 6-year-old Bebe King, 7-year outdated Elsie Dot Stancombe and 9-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar useless.
King Charles visited the city Tuesday to fulfill with survivors of the assault and first responders.
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Merseyside Police arrested and charged a 17-year-old male suspect on Aug. 1 with three counts of homicide, 10 counts of tried homicide and possession of a bladed article.
Swift publicly addressed the tragedy in an Instagram story in the future after the assault.
“The horror of yesterday’s attack in Southport is washing over me continuously and I’m just in complete shock…,” she wrote on the time, including: “These were just little kids at a dance class. I am at a complete loss for how to ever convey my sympathies to these families.”
“Absolutely adore this! As a mum to 2 Southport swifties, I’m so sorry that your girls were involved but so happy that they got to meet her,” one fan commented on TikTok, with one other stating: “well done Taylor for making these little girls dreams come true.”
