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Tall Building Collapses in Beirut, Heavy Casualties Feared
ap ^ | 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: Oschisms
Jesusu Akbar!!!!!
61 posted on 03/23/2002 3:06:06 PM PST by Bogey78O
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To: MadelineZapeezda
I never said Lebanon, Pa.

I know you didn't, but is was too obvious. We passed through Lebanon, PA, in 1983, when my daughter was very little and stopped for Lebanon Baloney sandwiches. How could we not?

62 posted on 03/23/2002 3:08:50 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
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To: TomGuy
Where is the Red Cross?

I see an excellent chance for them to make some big bucks here.

63 posted on 03/23/2002 4:47:01 PM PST by CRAW
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To: lexington minuteman 1775
Some famous Lebanese who made good in America

and Rosie O'Donnell .....

oops dyslexia attack --thought you wrote Lesbians

(I know, old joke, but face it it's Saturday night and I'm reading Middle East news...so give me a break 8-)

64 posted on 03/23/2002 4:56:46 PM PST by Optimist
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Tall Building Collapses in Beirut, Heavy Casualties Feared

Oh, the Arab summit isn't for a few more days.

66 posted on 03/23/2002 6:36:04 PM PST by Thinkin' Gal
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To: TomGuy

Another one?


72 posted on 08/11/2020 11:33:02 PM PDT by rottndog (Better to die on your feet, than live on your knees.)
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To: rottndog

Interesting. How did you find this thread — it is from 2002 — must be one of the earliest threads I ever posted.

:)


73 posted on 08/12/2020 5:43:16 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy

I don’t know...I refreshed my page, and somehow this was there.


74 posted on 08/12/2020 7:22:28 AM PDT by rottndog (Better to die on your feet, than live on your knees.)
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To: MadelineZapeezda

Thank you. Lebanon is over 40% Christian. Before the so-called civil war there, it was known as a beautiful, cosmopolitan city.


75 posted on 08/12/2020 7:28:54 AM PDT by Lando Lincoln (But that's just me.)
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