3 Words

Darkness

3 words

Darkness

Was I the only one that could see what was going on here? Surely not. Jessie's manager hadn't taken his eyes off her and the security was rather tight. But no one was doing anything about it. There was a male fan in the curtained area with Jessie J. I noticed he was holding on to her, almost certainly a little too tight judging by the look on her face. She looked extremely uncomfortable. And I knew it wasn't my place to say or do anything but I couldn't just stand by and watch. I had this strange sensation come over me, like I needed to protect her. And my gut instinct has never let me down before so I done what came naturally and acted upon it. I walked over to where they were both standing and no one stopped me in my tracks, so I simply said to the guy "sorry mate but I think you're hurting Jessie J, loosen the grip a little please."

But I wish I never said anything as this only made him worse. He grabbed hold of Jessie even tighter and pulled her in to him, screaming at the top of his lungs "no, not me. I wouldn't hurt Jessie." And at this point I could see her face starting to change colour. I can't even put in to words how tightly he must have been holding her. That's when Jessie decided to step in and speak for herself, she said politely,

"I'm really sorry but you are a little. I'm struggling to catch my breath"

But this comment clearly upset him causing him to start screaming "I hurt Jessie. No not my Jessie." While starting to clench his fists as he wrapped his arms around her even tighter. I was starting to recognise this type of behaviour and I could tell he was ready to kick off, big time. At this point the security finally stepped in but they weren't much use to be honest, they'd left it too late. This guy wasn't strong at all, but the strength must have been coming from his anger. As 3 big security guys tried to wrestle him off Jessie, I spoke to her quietly and tried to reassure her,

"Don't panic Jessie. I promise it will be okay. I work in mental health, just keep calm okay?"

She just nodded as I don't think she was able to speak.

I was informed that this guys name was Ian, he was here with his carer but she wasn't much help in all honesty. She was making it worse as she clearly lost her nerve. I nudged my way in to all the hustle and bustle and tried my best to make eye contact with this guy.

"Ian please don't panic. If you let Jessie go, all of this will be fixed. I promise nothing bad will happen to you" in a soothing voice.

And it sure done the trick, he set Jessie free. But then he started smashing the cameras and he completely snapped the table in half. I quickly grabbed hold of Jessie's hand and guided her to safety on the other side of the room, where her manager was standing. I was just so relieved he finally let her go. But I didn't have much time to think, out the corner of my eye I could see the security now trying to wrestle Ian to the ground. But it was making him worse, he was punching them and head butting them. They had no idea how to handle him, everyone often misunderstands people with autism. They're not usually violent or aggressive, that's a defence mechanism for them when they're scared. I tried to run over and and help but security were holding me back, they had me restrained. I felt so sorry for Ian, he didn't really understand what was going on and I knew he must have felt so alone and frightened. I frantically tried wriggling my way out of the securities grip, but I had no chance. They was still trying to wrestle him to the floor, but he was so worked up at this point, his strength was insane. This was so uncomfortable to watch, I screamed over to them,

"Don't do that, you're hurting him"

But nobody was listening to me. So I continued,

"Look please, I work in mental health. I'm begging you, just let me talk to him"