AstheBostonweatherchangedfromsnowtosun,Justinandhisgroupoffriendswerelookingforward to meetingup for afun barbecueintheirlocalparkto commemorate Independence Day. Justin,alwaysthegracioushost,andwantingthedaytogosmoothly,arrivedattheparkearlytosetupfo
AstheBostonweatherchangedfromsnowtosun,Justinandhisgroupoffriendswerelookingforward to meetingup for afun barbecueintheirlocalparkto commemorate Independence Day.
Justin,alwaysthegracioushost,andwantingthedaytogosmoothly,arrivedattheparkearlytosetupforhisfriends.Hebroughtalongalargeblanket,acharcoalbarbecuegrilltocookhotdogsandhamburgers, and his newlyadopted dog,Timberlake.
Meanwhile,Jayhadstopped atthelocalmarketto purchaseafoldingchairand large sunumbrellasohewouldn’tbeuncomfortableduringthelonghoursinthehotJulysun.Uponarriving,Jayopeneduphispurchasesandnoticedthattherewereinstructionsthatcamewiththechair. Jaytossedasidetheset-upinstructionsbeforereadingthemandBeyoncéhelpedhimhammertheoversizedsunumbrellaintothegrassyarea next tothebarbecue grill.
Katy,everthefanoffireworks,haddecidedtobringalongalargecollectionofRomanCandles,ButterflyBlossoms,GreenDragons,YellowJackets,andforthegrandfinale,threePhantomStrikes,which
thegroupplannedtosetoffinthepark’sdesignatedFourthofJuly“ApprovedFireworksArea” –aparkinglotthecityhadconverted intoanareaforcitizenstosetofftheircelebratoryfireworks whilesupervisedbytrainedfirefightersand medicalpersonnel.
Whilewaitingforthesuntogodown,Katystoredthefireworksinapileaboutfivefeetbehindthebarbecuegrill,closetowhereJayhadsetuphischair.Thegroupoffriendschatted,drankbeer,andenjoyedthe patriotic atmosphere ofthe parkwhileJustin andMileytendedtothe grill.
SoonthefirstbatchofhamburgerswasreadyandMileycalledouttothegroup“Comeandget‘em!”Jay,whowasveryhungry,quicklygrabbedaburger,smearedonketchupandmustard,andmovedovertohischair.AshewenttositdownthechairBeyoncé,deepinconversationandthusnotknowingthatJaywasalreadyintheprocessofsitting,grabbedthechairfromitslocation,intendingtositinitherself.Jay, notnoticingthatthechairhad moved, felltotheground, his plate of food flyingin theair.
Jay, in pain fromthe fall, noticed thathis hamburgerpattyhadlanded on the ground nearhim, butsincehewasinpainhedecidednottocleanitup,hopingthatJustin’sdog,Timberlake,wouldeatit.Miley,seeingthatJayhadinjuredhimself,rantowardsherinjuredfriend.Notnoticingthehamburgerontheground, Mileystepped onitand slipped and fellonto the ground infrontofJay’s chair.
Justin,noticingthatnowtwoofhisfriendswereinjured,leftthegrilltotendtotheirinjuries.Asthefriendswerealldistracted,thenumerousburgersandhotdogscookingonthegrillbegantosmoke andeventuallycaughtfire.Astheflamesgrew,asparklandedontheoversizedsunumbrellathatJayandBeyoncéhadsetupnearthegrill,catchingitsflammablecottonmaterialonfire.Theflamesmovedsoquicklythegroupwasunabletostopthembeforetheumbrellacollapsed,onfire,ontothepileoffireworks,ignitingthemallin alarge explosion andshootingsome off into the crowds nearby.
Beyoncé,distractedbytheexplosionandensuingchaos,didnotseeTimberlake,whoJustinhadallowedtorunfreeofhisleashduringthebarbecue,runningtowardsher.Frightenedbythefireworksthedogranather,knockingherlegsoutfromunderher.Beyoncé,whosuffersfromearly-onsetosteoporosis(a degenerativebonedisease), broke her hipand knee fromthe relativelysmallfall.
Meanwhile,astheexplosionofthefireworkshadcaughtanearbytreeonfireandfrightenedthecrowdofpeoplewaryofexplosionsinacityrecentlystruckbyterroristactivity,parkgoersranfromthescene.AlongsidethemwasKaty,whohaddecidedtoseekhelpforherfriends.Assheapproachedthenearestroad,Kanye happened to be drivingbackfroman appointmentwithhisattorney.
Neveronetocaremuchforthesafetyofothers,Kanyenoticedthecrowdsspillingontotheroadbutcontinuedtospeeddownit,swervinginandoutofthenumerouspeopleattemptingtocrosstheroadtosafety.KatybegantorunacrosstheroadrightasKanyeveeredaroundanotherpedestrianandalmostinstantlywas struckbyhis car,resultingin severeinjuries.
