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Roof of "Toys 'r Us" Store in Prince George's Co., MD Collapses
Fox News | 22 Feb 2003 | FOX News

Posted on 02/22/2003 9:15:56 AM PST by July 4th

Weight from snow and rain apparently causing the collapse.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: collapse; landover; lanham; maryland; princegeorgesco; roof; toysrus
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1 posted on 02/22/2003 9:15:57 AM PST by July 4th
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To: July 4th
Oh, dear. Hoping no one was hurt.
2 posted on 02/22/2003 9:18:22 AM PST by Bahbah (Pray for our Troops)
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To: July 4th
Beat me to it. I'll try and get mine pulled. Amazing no more news yet.
3 posted on 02/22/2003 9:18:47 AM PST by mitchbert (Facts are Stubborn Things)
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To: July 4th
CNN Headline News crawl reporting "shoppers trapped".
4 posted on 02/22/2003 9:19:48 AM PST by July 4th
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To: July 4th
I'm a few miles away and it's thundering and raining buckets. No local tv coverage yet.
5 posted on 02/22/2003 9:22:18 AM PST by countess
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To: July 4th
I wonder if it was all the snow that you guys had down in Maryland. After all the snow in NY we are now having flood watches because we are getting a ton of rain which is melting the snow piles. I hope noone was hurt!
6 posted on 02/22/2003 9:22:27 AM PST by areafiftyone (The U.N. is now officially irrelevant! The building is for Sale!!!)
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To: mitchbert
Amazing no more news yet.

We won't get anything more until this news conference in RI is over.
7 posted on 02/22/2003 9:23:58 AM PST by July 4th
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To: July 4th
It takes time to get news crews in place & start broadcasting.

I do expect an update after the RI press conference is over, however.

8 posted on 02/22/2003 9:31:15 AM PST by Catspaw
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To: July 4th
MSNBC: Happened at 11:30 eastern time. Store had been open for about 4 hours. 40% of the roof collapsed on the NE corner. Workers and shoppers trapped inside.
9 posted on 02/22/2003 9:31:46 AM PST by July 4th
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To: countess
I used to live in PG county. Where is this Toys R Us located?
10 posted on 02/22/2003 9:31:46 AM PST by savedbygrace
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To: savedbygrace
Landover Hills
11 posted on 02/22/2003 9:33:14 AM PST by countess
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To: savedbygrace
Landover Hills, although some initial reports gave another city.
12 posted on 02/22/2003 9:33:31 AM PST by July 4th
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To: countess
News radio reports?
13 posted on 02/22/2003 9:35:25 AM PST by socal_parrot
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To: savedbygrace
All I remember is the name of one of the streets--Annapolis Road/Street. I can't remember the name of the cross street.
14 posted on 02/22/2003 9:35:26 AM PST by Catspaw
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To: savedbygrace
Intersection of Riverdale Rd and 450, just inside the beltway
15 posted on 02/22/2003 9:40:28 AM PST by ratzoe
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To: savedbygrace
Intersection of Annapolis Rd. (Rt. 450) and Riverdale Rd. In the New Carrollton area. That store is very old. I bought my first bicycle there in the 1960s.
16 posted on 02/22/2003 9:42:29 AM PST by DC native
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To: Catspaw
Here's one from the Toys R Us website that's on Annapolis Road. It's in Lanham though; still in Prince George's County.

TOYS"R"US/KIDSRUS - LANHAM
8201 ANNAPOLIS ROAD
LANHAM, MD 20785
Tel: (301)459-6070

17 posted on 02/22/2003 9:44:25 AM PST by Textide
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To: socal_parrot
WTOP radio says that they have no idea at this point how many people might be trapped. Hopefully it's not too bad.
18 posted on 02/22/2003 9:44:28 AM PST by countess
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To: countess
Thanks for the report. Prayers for any who might be trapped.
19 posted on 02/22/2003 9:47:12 AM PST by socal_parrot
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To: areafiftyone
We got the rain and storms last night. My 17 acre lake is overflowing like crazy.
20 posted on 02/22/2003 9:47:51 AM PST by blam
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