Sympathy over Jet Set tragedy

[NoGagSuckerSF]

The good people of the Dominican Republic are in mourning over the many lives lost, after the roof collapsed at the Jet Set nightclub. 

I expressed my sorrow to friends in Santo Domingo and like them, await the results of the investigation into what caused the roof to cave in.

May the dead rest in peace, as the death may rise.

[Primeone385]

Was there an earth quake or just over capacity.Either way its sad to hear people passing away. May there families find peace in this time of sorrow.

[NoGagSuckerSF]

The New York Times both online and in print, has a major follow up package of news about the tragic deaths and destruction at the Jet Set night club. Just infuriating how corruption at many levels, and over a good number of years, led to the shoddy maintenance of the roof and support structure, and various complaints from neighbors weren't investigated or dismissed, and hundreds died.

Let's see if this link to the story, which should give you free access to it, works in this comment:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/world/americas/noise-weight-dominican-nightclub.html?unlocked_article_code=1.C08.eW16.ije-CHwDkjVB&smid=url-share

Here's wishing the survivors and the grieving friends and family receive solace and compensation for their loss of loved ones.

[PeterRS]

This is horribly similar to the collapse of a major shopping mall in Seoul, South Korea, in June 1995. The plan had been to build a four-storey apartment block on the site. Its owners, though, changed this to a five storey shopping mall.  Short cuts were taken during construction before the building opened in 1990. Three huge air conditioning units weighing 15 tonnes each when empty had been placed on the roof. Noise complaints from neighbours resulted in these being dragged across the roof to a different location. Soon cracks began to develop on the 5th floor. No one took any action.

By April 1995 these had become considerably worse. On June 29 staff were aware that there were serious structural problems, but the store remained open. AT 5:52 pm that afternoon, the fifth floor gave way and the entire building collapsed. 502 people were killed and 947 injured. Hardly any were rescued from the mass of debris, but one 19-year old shop attendeant was pulled from the ruble after surviving in the intense heat of a Seoul summer for 17 days. The investigation into the tragedy identified a number of maor construction short-cuts. After corruption, the biggest single source was identified as the constant vibrations from the huge air conditioning units on the roof.