13-year-old Divyanshi never made it inside the stadium. Neither did 10 others.
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00:00She was the youngest victim of the Bengaluru Stampede.
00:03Just sitting quietly on the footpath, hoping to catch a glimpse of Virat Kohli.
00:07And she was crazy about him, so this was the best memory which I can give her.
00:12Devyanshi was just 13, a swimming champion, a cricket fan, and a girl who wanted to be
00:18a pilot.
00:19Her mother told us that she hadn't even entered the stadium.
00:22On 4th June, a stampede outside Chinnaswamy Stadium killed 11 people.
00:26All of them were under 40, three were teenagers.
00:29Manoj was another student who never made it home.
00:32His father, a Paani Puri vendor in Kunigal, had taken loans to send him to a good college.
00:42Prajwal from Chintamani had told his family he was going for a job interview.
00:46Instead, he went to the stadium to celebrate RCB's win.
00:49They only found out the truth when his name appeared in the list of the dead.
00:52Bhumik, 19, a first-year engineering student, came with friends but got separated in the
00:57chaos.
00:58He collapsed in the crowd and was rushed to the hospital in a police jeep, but didn't
01:03survive.
01:04His mother had warned him not to go.
01:05Now, she says, even if she shouts his name, he won't come back.
01:09Sahana, a software developer at Bosch, had taken leave to attend the celebrations.
01:14Caught in the surge, she fell and was trampled.
01:16Her family kept searching until her friends reached Vaidehi Hospital and were told she was
01:21brought dead.
01:22Purnachanda, a civil engineer from Mandya, was among those killed.
01:26So were Shravan, Chinmai, Akshata, Shivalanga, Doresha and Devi.
01:30Doctors at Vaidehi Hospital said most of the victims were in their twenties.
01:35Many had died of suffocation, crushed in a celebration that spiraled into chaos.
01:39Eyewitnesses said the crowd was suddenly asked to download an app to get free entry passes.
01:44There was no prior notice.
01:46Mobile networks failed, people couldn't access the app and panic began to spread.
01:50No one had imagined RCB's dream run would end in 11 funerals.