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The day following the tragic partial collapse of a Houston high-rise office building under construction, the remains of three workers killed in the Harvey Builders construction site accident remain in the rubble. The 15-story building remains too unstable for emergency personnel to enter, leaving the bodies buried in the rubble from a stairwell collapse. Harvey Builders, together with technical experts from the Houston Fire Department are working to find a way to stabilize the structure. 240 workers were at the…

A three-story building in the heart of Brooklyn, New York, suddenly collapsed to the ground, leaving nothing but a massive pile of rubble in its wake. At the time of the massive collapse, the building was all but vacant with only one person inside the structure at the time of the grim incident. The individual in the structure at the time of the catastrophic event was able to escape the scene with only relatively minor injuries. He was transported to…

A search and rescue mission continued Monday afternoon at the site of the New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel collapse, the building catastrophically failing Saturday morning. The 18-story building was being constructed at the edge of the French Quarter on the corner of Canal and North Rampart. Many Workers Injured, Two Confirmed Dead, One Missing in Building Failure About 100 workers were in and around the building at the time of its collapse. All but on have been accounted for by…

Follow-up: 2 Confirmed Dead, 1 Missing After Hard Rock Hotel Collapse Two workers have been confirmed dead and a third is missing but presumed dead three days after the partial collapse of a hotel that was under construction near New Orleans’ historic French Quarter. The cause of the accident, which occurred at the site of a Hard Rock Hotel that was being erected along Canal Street, is under investigation by state and federal workplace safety agencies, including the Occupational Safety…

New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel Collapses: Catastrophic Building Disaster Revisits Tragedy in the Iconic French Quarter Without warning, an 18-story building under construction on Canal Street at the edge of the New Orleans French Quarter began to collapse just after 9:00 on Saturday morning. The building was to be a New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel when completed. More than 100 workers were in the structure at the time of the deadly calamity. By mid-afternoon, emergency personnel reported that at least one…