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
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?
I see an excellent chance for them to make some big bucks here.
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-)
Oh, the Arab summit isn't for a few more days.
Another one?
Interesting. How did you find this thread — it is from 2002 — must be one of the earliest threads I ever posted.
:)
I don’t know...I refreshed my page, and somehow this was there.
Thank you. Lebanon is over 40% Christian. Before the so-called civil war there, it was known as a beautiful, cosmopolitan city.
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