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Related: About this forumConstruction scaffolding collapses near Minute Maid Ballpark in Houston; several injured
Several people have been injured after scaffolding collapsed Friday morning at an unfinished building in downtown Houston.
The incident happened about 11:10 a.m. at 500 Crawford near Congress at a building under construction across the street from Minute Maid Park.
"All I heard was a thud and that's when the scaffolding fell. I rushed toward the window to see what was happening and everything was falling apart," said Eric Valdez, an 18-year-old plumber who was working inside the building along with his father and a friend named Juan. His father had made it out of the construction safely, but he was unsure about his friend.
"It was pretty bad. I'm just blessed that I get to see another day."
Read more: http://www.chron.com/houston/article/Workers-trapped-as-scaffolding-collapses-downtown-6574175.php
[font color=330099]The scaffolding rose to at least the fifth floor of the building.[/font]
TheBlackAdder
(28,230 posts).
The old joke goes something like:
I used to work at a bread factory, they fired me for loafing off!
I used to work at an orange juice factory, they fired me because I couldn't concentrate!
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TexasTowelie
(112,520 posts)it says that a black car may have clipped the scaffolding.