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Tall Building Collapses in Beirut, Heavy Casualties Feared
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| Mar 23, 2002
Posted on 03/23/2002 3:11:27 AM PST by TomGuy
Tall Building Collapses in Beirut, Heavy Casualties Feared
The Associated Press
Published: Mar 23, 2002
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A seven-story building collapsed in Beirut on Saturday, with first reports indicating scores of casualties, security officials said.
The building, located in Mazraa district - a traditionally Muslim sector of Beirut - "turned into a pile of rubble," crushing nearby cars, the officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The building was a school undergoing a renovation, and the victims were workers and passers-by along the busy Corniche el-Mazraa, one of the city's main thoroughfares.
Lebanese television showed rescue workers removing at least five people from the site on stretchers.
More than 50 police officers searched the rubble for survivors, officials said.
Weekend rush-hour traffic in the area was halted to allow rescuers and ambulances to reach the site.
The cause of the collapse was not immediately known.
AP-ES-03-23-02 0640EST
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: beruit; buildingcollapse
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To: TomGuy
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posted on
03/23/2002 5:35:01 AM PST
by
blam
To: MadelineZapeezda
I grew up with alot of Lebanese in my hometown in Penna. They were all Christian.Would that be Lebanon County, PA?
To: Fifth Business
"Now THAT is Post of the Day material!"
come folks, it is a bad thing that happened. don't forget have a LITTLE heart.
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posted on
03/23/2002 5:46:16 AM PST
by
paulsy
To: MadelineZapeezda
I grew up with alot of Lebanese in my hometown in Penna. They were all Christian. That would be Lebanon, PA. I like your baloney.
Actually I used to patronize a garage owned by a family whose roots I was uncertain of. One Day, during the Gulf War I went inside to pay and noticed that the cashier/owner/brother was intently watching the Live Fire Air Power Demonstration over Iraq intently. Turns out he was a Lebanese Christian and was rooting for the F-117A's against the SAM's.
I grew up in Queens, NY (Jamaica, more specifically). When the Italian family that owned the local grocery store got tired of getting robbed at gun point every week they sold out to a family of Lebanese of the self-preservation persuasion. The Lebanese kept 9-mm's under each cash register and weren't afraid to show them. Needless to say the robberies soon stopped. On July 13, 1977 during the NYC black out when there was widespread rioting and looting they sat outside their store on lawn chairs with long rifles. Needless to say they didn't suffer any looting. They were God's own II-Admendment advocates.
To: Lonesome in Massachussets
Good post. Some of the finest people you will ever meet are Lebanese-Americans. It is a shame what has happened to their country, but we in the US have been enriched by their presence here.
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posted on
03/23/2002 6:02:14 AM PST
by
Montfort
To: Montfort
Some famous Lebanese who made good in America:
Danny Thomas
Kasey Kasem, radio personality and rock and roll guru
Benny Hinn, TV Evangelist
To: TomGuy
they were probably modifying the building somehow to cause its collapse;
To: TomGuy
I would think this was an OLD building that probably couldn't be renovated
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posted on
03/23/2002 7:00:48 AM PST
by
GeronL
To: Moose4;RJayneJ
So whatdid you think was post of the day material??
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posted on
03/23/2002 7:02:23 AM PST
by
GeronL
To: blam
wow. that is awful
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posted on
03/23/2002 7:04:06 AM PST
by
GeronL
To: TomGuy
Building codes? We don't need no stinkin building codes!
7 stories of mud works just fine!
Its the 8th that does the damage.
To: MadelineZapeezda; lexington minuteman 1775; Lonesome in Massachussets; Montfort; Fifth Business
As I recall, Lebanon was the most progressive and cosmopolitan place in all of the Arab world for many years, lots of US and French influence. I think the American University there was also the absolute best.
I heard somewhere recently that most of the Lebanese Christian have been killed or left the country.
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posted on
03/23/2002 7:16:36 AM PST
by
elfman2
To: elfman2
I heard somewhere recently that most of the Lebanese Christian have been killed or left the country.
True or not, I can't think of a single reason why any American, in Manhattan or elsewhere, would celebrate the collapse of a building and resultant deaths. (see post upthread) Besides, what does Beirut have to do with the WTC?
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To: TomGuy
They'll blame the U.S. They didn't receive enough foreign aid to shore up the building .......
To: JZoback
Stop involving Israel in more sarcasm statement. It is enough stupidity the media does, let's prove we have intelligence.
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posted on
03/23/2002 8:01:42 AM PST
by
Hila
To: Clara Lou
"Besides, what does Beirut have to do with the WTC?" He was making a joke.
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posted on
03/23/2002 8:04:55 AM PST
by
elfman2
To: lexington minuteman 1775
Wow, Benny Hinn a Lebanese! I have heard him claiming that he was born in Haffa and that his father was mayor in some Israeli city. Other people claim that he is from India - it would be nice to know where this evangelist really came from.
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posted on
03/23/2002 8:04:56 AM PST
by
Hila
To: TomGuy
Shame. I'm surprised there are any buildings left in Beirut.
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posted on
03/23/2002 8:06:01 AM PST
by
dr_who
To: elfman2
Really?? What about posts 9, 10, and 15?
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