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Lynne Sladky / AP
A dog walks through the rubble, lower left, with rescue workers at a five-story parking garage after it collapsed at Miami-Dade College, on Oct. 10, in Miami, killing one worker and trapping two others in the rubble, officials said. Several other workers were hurt, including one rescued from the debris.
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A Miami-Dade search and rescue dog looks for possible survivors in the rubble of a four-story parking garage that was under construction and collapsed at the Miami Dade College's West Campus on Oct. 10, in Doral, Florida.
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Rescue workers attend to a victim after a section of a parking garage under construction at a Miami-Dade College campus collapsed, on Oct. 10, in Doral, Fla., killing one worker and trapping at least two others in the rubble, officials said.
NBCMiami.com and NBC News staff --Police say a second body has been found in the rubble of a collapsed parking garage at Miami-Dade Community College's west campus in Doral, Fla.
Hours after the collapse at 11:40 a.m. on Wednesday, one person remained trapped in the rubble. Six crew members were with the person giving him oxygen and attending to his needs as others removed the heavy debris, said Capt. Louie Fernandez of Fire Rescue. Another person who had been trapped was rescued.
"The person cannot be moved. We literally have to lift and remove tons of debris around him," he said.
Some 300 rescuers rushed to the scene when a portion of the five-story parking garage at 3800 N.W. 115th Ave. collapsed in what authorities call a "pancake-style collapse." Police said it appeared that only construction workers were at the site.
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Family members hug a construction worker who was working on a four-story parking garage that was under construction and collapsed at the Miami Dade College's West Campus on Oct. 10, in Doral, Florida.
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It states 3 different floor numbers, 4, 5 and 6. This is more sloppy reporting by this news agency.
I can see from the collapsed pieces of concrete slabs that there is not enough reinforcement of steel bars in the concrete. I can see people going to jail over this one. If I was a project manager on this, it would be the right thing to do and turn myself in to the proper authorities. I just hope and pray that they did not use unskilled labor on this project. The city inspector should be the first to report to OSHA.
SRBINAT ......... please please tell me (and all of us) ........... how can you tell from the photographs that the rebar isn't sufficient? Absurd.
C'Mon ..... it is surely a tragic event. Contruction workers lost their lives ..... others were injured ..... and you're an expert that can look at two photographs and determine the cause and then go on to place blame.
With your insight and years of experience you should be so so busy making money at construction forensics that I find it difficult that you have time to comment here in the way that you did.
How about you just show some heart for the construction guys and their families ....... how about that.
I'm glad was able to drive home to my family tonight.
..... my prayers to the derserving and those that need them .....
bummer, so it happened DURING construction? not much info here.