Tropicana Atlantic City 5-story garage collapses - 3 men trapped

Fox News Alert ("BONG!") | 10.30.03

[mhking]

At least 2 injuries at present. Details still coming in.

[michigander]

UPDATED: 11:38 a.m. EST October 30, 2003

Robert Levy, director of emergency management for the city, said officials were sending search cameras to look through the rubble for any dead or injured workers.

"We are planning for the worst. It's one of the worst collapses Altantic City has ever seen," Levy said.

[alisasny]

the actual collapse will be on video no doubt Everything is on tape in AC.

[dennisw]

Sleezy mob connected contractors fault?

[michigander]

UPDATED: 11:42 a.m. EST October 30, 2003

Construction workers gathered on the street nearby to gaze up at the collapsed frame of the structure.

Alfonso Hernandez, 39, a construction foreman, said he had just walked around the corner to a hardware store and heard the noise. He said all eight members of his crew were accounted for.

"It was like a freight train coming through," Hernandez said. "It's scary. We don't if we lost any of our brothers in there."

[Dog]

ABC Station in Philly is reporting chaos at the scene....it was a sixth floor edition..

[OXENinFLA]

Any traffic cams avalivable?

[Dog]

Fox29 ....is reporting dead and injured in the collapse.

[Dog]

Mike ...can you locate us a webcam in AC.

[Dog]

MSNBC: 2 Dead!

[finnman69]

[mhking]

WCAU-TV/DT Live helicopter feed: http://nbc10.feedroom.com/index.jsp?fr_story=2a6aaaac889ed5009abb706416a760e3eb96e694

[DumpsterDiver]

Sleezy mob connected contractors fault?

Coupled with unskilled labor doing the construction?

[michigander]

Live Video: Casino Parking Garage Collapse In Atlantic City

I can't view it as I'm firewalled out.

[Sally'sConcerns]

I've been watching the video from your story. At first I couldn't see the damaged area but then they panned to the side of the parking lot that collapsed. It looks awful but at least the whole structure didn't collapse, just that one side.

My heart goes out to the people affected by the collapse.

[finnman69]

http://nbc10.feedroom.com/index.jsp?fr_story=2a6aaaac889ed5009abb706416a760e3eb96e694

[sharkhawk]

My first thought. Philadelphia and New York mobs although pretty effectively banned from the casinos have a stranglehold on Concrete and Construction in AC.

[michigander]

[millefleur]

I wonder if we will find out who the architect was?
and his credentialing history ?

[Pearls Before Swine]

I wonder if we will find out who the architect was?

No doubt we will. A more difficult inquiry will be to decide if someone delivered subpar concrete or skimped on reinforcing rods.

[finnman69]

More likely improper construction procedures caused this. not an engineer, and especially an architect.