Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 52654 Location: Making a safety stop at 15 feet.
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 10:25 am Post subject: VIDEO: Hard Rock Hotel Under Construction Collapses - 1 Dead, 3 missing
Crazy Video of Collapse _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that’s all for show
goes up in flames
In 24 frames
There have been at least 5 major crane collapses in the US in the past 10-20 yrs. A couple of high profile NYC ones and one while building the roof on the Brewers' stadium, all involving deaths. One in SEA in April of this year that killed 4. Also, one in Mecca on 9/11/15 that resulted in 100+ deaths. Wonder what that's about.
Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 18202 Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 4:36 pm Post subject:
A construction worker was working on the 14th floor and escaped unharmed.
Quote:
Working for King Construction, Oyuela said he heard a massive booming sound from the floors above. He was engulfed by a cloud of dust as concrete and metal started falling all around him.
Oyuela ran for his life towards a rear set of emergency stairs down to ground level as he and a group of co-workers rushed to get clear of the collapsing structure, he said.
"I thought it was an earthquake that was taking us," Oyuela said. "All I thought about was death."
Oyuela said one of his co-workers was hospitalized with a knee injury. Oyuela wasn't physically injured, but said he was shaken to his core.
One of the three has been found but there are two people still unaccounted for. Searches in the debris have been suspended for fear of another collapse. _________________ "Suck it up. Don't be a baby. Do your job." - Kobe Bryant
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 40345 Location: Dirty South
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 4:45 pm Post subject:
numero-ocho wrote:
A construction worker was working on the 14th floor and escaped unharmed.
Quote:
Working for King Construction, Oyuela said he heard a massive booming sound from the floors above. He was engulfed by a cloud of dust as concrete and metal started falling all around him.
Oyuela ran for his life towards a rear set of emergency stairs down to ground level as he and a group of co-workers rushed to get clear of the collapsing structure, he said.
"I thought it was an earthquake that was taking us," Oyuela said. "All I thought about was death."
Oyuela said one of his co-workers was hospitalized with a knee injury. Oyuela wasn't physically injured, but said he was shaken to his core.
One of the three has been found but there are two people still unaccounted for. Searches in the debris have been suspended for fear of another collapse.
sounds like from article I read in the last hour that they actually believe odds are high the 2 missing people are alive, and have to find a safe way to reach them. I hope their belief ends up being true.
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