On Thursday, April 10, the Dominicans full of complaints begged with funerals for loved ones who were among the more than 220 people killed in a collapse of the roof roof, even when the diseases were not counted. More than 300 rescuers, dog assistants that indicate the body, have worked tirelessly since the disaster hit early Tuesday to take out the survivors of the debris of the Jet Set Club in the capital of Santo Domingo of the Dominican Republic.
The authorities canceled the search for live victims on Wednesday night, since the efforts changed the bodies in recovery of the mounds of twisted steel, zinc and brick that remain from the structure. The local media reported that there were between 500 and 1,000 people in the club for a concert by the renowned meringue singer Rubby Pérez, who was on stage when the roof lowered. The 69 -year -old man died on the site, but his daughter came out alive.
Juan Manuel Méndez, director of the Emergency Operations Center, put the number of official deaths in 221 on Thursday, and said that 189 people were withdrawn from living rubble. The Dominican Republic has observed three days of national mourning. “Our rescue team is already completing search operations,” Méndez said.
The Minister of Health, Victor Atallah, said previously that there could be more bodies under the debris after the tragedy of sausages of the Caribbean nation in decades. “No one will be unidentified. No one will run out of response,” he said.
‘Everyone is dead’
On Thursday, President Luis Abinader attended a monument for Pérez at the National Theater, where family, friends and fans threw white balloons when the funeral car left with his tensions. “My soul is about to explode with love,” said Pérez’s daughter, Zulinka, sang at the ceremony, a lyrics of one of the many songs that his father had sung him when he was a child. Pérez Café was surrounded by crowns and covered with the hat and the exclusive glasses of the artist. His beloved songs include “Looking for your kisses” and “Return.”
In the neighboring community of Haina, families celebrated a collective ceremony for some 20 victims, their coffins aligned each other next to each other on a basketball court. Among the dead were the governor of the province of Monte Cristi, Nelsy Cruz, as well as the former Baseball players of the Major Leagues Octavio Dotel and Tony Blanco. The families gathered at Funeral Homes on Thursday to begin the grieving process, while others still waited in hospitals with news about disappeared loved ones.
The aerial images of the site showed a scene that resembles the sequelae of an earthquake, with a blessed hole where the club’s roof, an accessory of the nightlife of Santo Domingo for half a century, had a leg. A video posted on social networks showed the place suddenly plunder in the dark while Pérez sang, followed by sounds and screams. Artists of the Dominican Republic, including the Dominican-American actress Zoe Saldana, joined the choir of the voices that cry the tragedy through social networks on Thursday. “In times of loss, we must unite in solidarity and compassion,” said Saldana.
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