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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHard Rock Hotel collapses. Breaking!!!!!
Multiple people were reportedly injured Saturday morning when part of the Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans collapsed.
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Hard Rock Hotel collapses. Breaking!!!!! (Original Post)
Cattledog
Oct 2019
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PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,931 posts)1. It was under construction, not occupied.
Latest report indicates one dead, three missing, 18 taken to hospital.
IcyPeas
(21,957 posts)2. How the hell does this happen?
they said on the news one of those giant yellow cranes is tilting and is being held up by rubble.
yortsed snacilbuper
(7,944 posts)5. Gravity.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)3. July 81 Kasas City hotel 2 walkways collapse, kill 114, injure over 200
Your post immediately reminded me of that disaster.
Watched news reports.
Eugene
(61,974 posts)4. AP: New Orleans hotel collapse leaves one dead and three missing
New Orleans hotel collapse leaves one dead and three missing
Associated Press in New Orleans
Sat 12 Oct 2019 19.02 BST
A Hard Rock hotel under construction at the edge of New Orleans historic French Quarter collapsed on Saturday morning, leaving at least one person dead and three unaccounted for, authorities said.
City officials and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards confirmed the death.
Associated Press in New Orleans
Sat 12 Oct 2019 19.02 BST
A Hard Rock hotel under construction at the edge of New Orleans historic French Quarter collapsed on Saturday morning, leaving at least one person dead and three unaccounted for, authorities said.
City officials and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards confirmed the death.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/12/new-orleans-hotel-collapse-leave-one-dead