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40 hurt as floor collapses at B.C. church concert

Lighting also fell from ceiling at B.C. church

Apr 27, 2008 04:30 AM
James Keller
THE CANADIAN PRESS

ABBOTSFORD, B.C.–Felicia Daase could only watch in horror as her friends plunged "like an elevator" through the floor of a local church during a Christian rock concert in this British Columbia community late Friday night.

Daase, 17, says excited rock fans were urged to stop jumping up and down in the church before a large section of the floor collapsed and the lighting system fell from the ceiling. More than 40 people were hurt in Abbotsford's Central Heights Church when the floor gave way.

Two people were transported to hospital in Vancouver. Police confirmed a woman, 41, suffered critical injuries; the condition of the second patient was not available.

"The whole floor just went ... straight down," Daase said yesterday from her home in nearby Chilliwack.

Seconds later, she said, the beam holding the lights also fell. "A whole bunch of people were under it."

Police said it was too early to speculate about what caused the collapse, adding investigators would consult an engineer sort out what happened.

Rob Neiman, 42, a Christian bookstore worker at the show, saw more than 50 people down below "like a pile of wreckage, bodies laying everywhere ..."

Const. Casey Vinet, of the Abbotsford police, said every available officer responded, as did some from neighbouring communities

[Wolfman]

Reminds me of this horrible event. Leave to a KC architect to change the design ??

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[Diego in Seattle]

Topeka, God! Topeka!

[jiminphilly]

Reminds me of this horrible event. Leave to a KC architect to change the design ??

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The structural engineer and steel company shouldered most of the fault for that disaster.

[smackaholic]

See what happens when you don't pull permits?

sin,

you know who

[Mikey]

Anouther good argument for slab-on-grade foundations.

[Cuda]

Protestants; fuck 'em

[RumpleForeskin]

Could've been worse. You're taking a calculated risk crossing a bridge in Minnesota.

[Mike the Lab Rat]

Proof that even God hates Christian rock.

[Q, West Coast Style]

Wow, I assumed Canadians didn't partake in religious activities given their support of socialized health care and lack of support for the Iraq War.

Sincerely,

Fox News Fans

[Mister Bushice]

40 hurt as floor collapses at B.C. church concert
Felicia Daase could only watch in horror as her friends plunged "like an elevator" through the floor of a local church during a Christian rock concert in this British Columbia community late Friday night.

In the air, in the air, honey one more time now it ain't fair....