Twist in Philly Bldg Collapse

[redheadbaker]

1) reports are that the excavator crane was not to be used for demolition, only for removing debris

2) the lead inspector at the demolition site killed himself last night

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[Deleted]

Whoa...

[mrsbro]

The poor inspector's family.

[IIOY]

Jun 13, 2013 7:06:48 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

2) the lead inspector at the demolition site killed himself last night

I heard this earlier on NPR.  It surprises me not at all.

[Velar Fricative]

OMG

[redheadbaker]

The inspector recorded a video on his cellphone before killing himself, stating that it was his fault those people died.

In the video, he admits that he never inspected an adjacent work site after a citizen complaint that it looked unstable, but filed a report that no violations were found.

www.nbc10.com/news/local/man-who-inspected-collapsed-building-commits-suicide-211320781.html

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[IIOY]

Jun 14, 2013 8:04:19 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

The inspector recorded a video on his cellphone before killing himself, stating that it was his fault those people died.

In the video, he admits that he never inspected an adjacent work site after a citizen complaint that it looked unstable, but filed a report that no violations were found.

www.nbc10.com/news/local/man-who-inspected-collapsed-building-commits-suicide-211320781.html

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This is why I said yesterday that I wasn't surprised he killed himself.  I was willing to bet he hadn't done a proper inspection, because this is Philadelphia and such things don't exist here.

[secretlyevil]

oh geez

[aurora]

Even though it's obviously wrong to fake an inspection and it's terrible that people died, all I can muster right now is sadness about the whole situation. None of these deaths had to happen.