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Owner of Dominican nightclub says plaster tiles often fell from ceiling years before deadly roof collapse
More than 300 people were inside Jet Set nightclub in the capital of Santo Domingo when the roof collapsed around 1 a.m. on the morning of April 8 during a performance of merengue artist Rubby Pérez a ...
Did Excessive Noise and Weight Cause a Nightclub Catastrophe?
The Dominican nightclub where a roof loaded with equipment collapsed, killing 232 people, had repeatedly violated excessive ...
Jet Set nightclub owner ‘destroyed’ by roof collapse that killed 232
Antonio Espaillat, the owner of a Dominican Republic nightclub, first learned of the collapse when his sister called him ...
Owner of Nightclub Where Hundreds Died Finally Explains What Happened
Among the 232 killed were merengue singer Rubby Pérez, former Major League Baseball players Octavio Dotel and Tony Blanco and ...
Owner of collapsed Dominican Republic nightclub breaks silence — and reveals years of problems before tragedy left 232 dead
A roof that collapsed at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic and killed 232 people this month had filtration ...
Nightclub Owner Says He’s ‘Completely Destroyed’ Over Roof Collapse That Killed 232, Including Ex-MLB Players
Jet Set nightclub Antonio Espaillat vowed to 'face everything' as Dominican authorities begin investigating the deadly April ...
Owner of Dominican nightclub speaks for first time since deadly roof collapse
The owner said the building had filtration problems for decades and had been repeatedly fixed with plasterboard, including ...
Deadly D.R. roof collapse nightclub owner says years went by without a structural inspection
Jet Set owner Antonio Espaillat spoke out in an exclusive interview on "El Dia,"​ a program on Telesistema Dominicano with ...
Dominican Republic nightclub roof collapse cause still unknown, owner tells local media
The owner of the Jet Set nightclub in the Dominican Republic that was the scene of a fatal roof collapse earlier this month ...
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Bronxites are standing in solidarity with a grieving Dominican community ever since hearing news of the tragic roof collapse at the Jet Set niteclub in the country’s capital, Santo Domingo, on Tuesday ...