As desperate people continue to wait for information about missing loved ones, the death toll from the devastating bar decline in the Dominican Republic has reached at least 184. The incident took place on Tuesday.
The ceiling collapsed just before the video footage that was circulated on social media showed the time when hundreds of clubgoers were crushed under kilograms of dust.
Late on Wednesday, volunteers actually ended the hunt for individuals and turned their attention to recovery efforts.
The bar in southeastern Santo Domingo, Jet Set, was the site of the collapse early on Tuesday during a flamenco music by song Rubby Pérez, who also perished in the disaster.
The club was home to officials, players, professional athletes, celebrities, and politicians. Tons of practical fell onto hundreds of guests as the roof suddenly shifted, causing dances and musical performances.
Victimis allegedly spent “hours”” under dust.”
No one anticipated the entire composition to collapse, according to witnesses, but immediately after the show began, dust started pouring from the roof and into drinks.
More than 100 calling from people buried inside the team came in response, with some victims being immediately crushed or trapped beneath the dust. 145 individuals were pulled out by volunteers from Puerto Rico and Israel, but more than 20 are still hospitalized, with at least eight of them in critical condition.
According to Dr. Julio Landrón, the Dr. Ney Arias Lora Trauma Hospital director,” They spent hours under dust with several injuries, bleeding, and bones.” ” The clear is the name of nothing.”
We’re in tears from our grieving people,” We cannot waited until night.”
To date, just 54 patients have been found. Difficulty citizens waited immediately at the National Institute of Forensic Pathology. Some wore masks because they smelled strongly, while others gathered pictures of missing loved people and pleaded with authorities for details.
” We can’t wait until daytime”! cried one person. ” We’re going to get crazy”!
Rubby Pérez, his guitarist Luis Sols, former MLB pitcher Octavio Dotel, former participant in Dominica Tony Enrique Blanco Cabrera, clothing designer Marten Polanco, and a retired UN official are some of the deceased. Nelson Cruz, the girl of MLB All-Star Nelson Cruz, called the president from beneath the dust before eventually succumbing to her wounds in a hospital.
An Army captain, the wife of AFP Popular Bank’s president, some Venezuelan bartenders, and several of their victims are among the others.
The demise of Jet Set has shook the nation and the world as a whole. A psychic support commission has also been established for victims and their grieving families.
National senator Pedro Martnez, who is also looking for missing relatives, called the condition” a very tragic scenario.”
Authorities are still trying to figure out why the ceiling fell. The bar, which opened in 1973 and underwent renovations in 2010 and 2015, had likewise experienced thunder in 2023. The owners of Jet Set claim to be cooperating with authorities, but no observation reports have been made public and government offices have exchanged questions.
