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On 07 Mar 2022, Steve Cummings <q@gmail.com> posted some news:t04ujk$28442$142@news.freedyn.de:

Maybe they can all be treated at Yale and converted to transgenders.

A building under construction near the Yale School of Medicine in New
Haven, Connecticut, partially collapsed Friday when a concrete pour went
awry, injuring eight people including two critically, city officials said, adding there were no fatalities.

City firefighters and other authorities were called to Lafayette Street
shortly after 12:30 p.m.

“Our units responded immediately within minutes and found several persons
in varying degrees of injury, from broken bones to three that were
partially buried under the rubble,” Fire Chief John Alston Jr. said during
a news conference.

There were 36 people at the work site at the time, and all were accounted
for, officials said. All eight injured people were construction workers.
Six were pulled out of the building by firefighters, while two were able
to escape on their own, officials said.

“They were doing a concrete pour on this building and as they were pouring concrete a portion of the second floor collapsed onto the first floor and
then into the basement,” Mayor Justin Elicker said.

Workers at the site told first responders the concrete was being poured
faster than they could spread it, and it pooled too much in one area and
caused the collapse, Alston said. First responders had additional urgency
to rescue the victims because the concrete was drying, he said.

Elicker said the property is owned by Yale and is being developed into
what will be a seven-story residential building by RMS Companies, based in Stamford, Connecticut, which bills itself as a builder of “upscale, modern apartments and luxurious boutique hotels” on its website.

The building is currently two stories high, with two parking levels underground. Plans call for 112 residential units, Elicker said.

“There will be a significant investigation as with any construction
situation like this,” the mayor said.

A person who answered the phone at RMS said the company was not commenting
at this time.

Investigators with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration were
at the scene. City officials said they planned to issue a stop work order
at the site until it is safe.

Lafayette Street is a short distance from Yale New Haven Hospital and the
Yale School of Medicine and is home to several medical offices, about five blocks from the New Haven Green.

Alston said city emergency officials had been talking about responding to building collapses in recent days, in response to the partial collapse of
an apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, on Sunday that left three people missing and feared dead.

“They did some excellent work under some harrowing conditions,” Alston
said about New Haven first responders. “I’m very proud of that considering
what happened in Iowa recently. We’ve been talking about collapses in our
area so they responded admirably.”

https://apnews.com/article/new-haven-building-collapse-yale- 88c3d359db65680790243e54b6ebabe2

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