Forget bridges, highways, and high-speed trains. Major US cities can’t even build simple buildings without drama anymore:
A large portion of a Hard Rock Hotel under construction in New Orleans collapsed Saturday morning, killing at least two people and injuring 20 others, authorities said. The building bordering the city’s historic French Quarter is considered unstable and officials said further collapse is possible.
Three people were initially reported missing, though one has since been found, according to the New Orleans Fire Department. Authorities said no one on the ground was injured in the collapse.
According to Mayor LaToya Cantrell, 112 people were in the building at the time of collapse. Though the search for those missing was suspended for the evening, Cantrell confirmed that rescuers found two bodies but were unable to retrieve them.
VFM Bear said it best: it’s the indoor plumbing that I’m going to miss the most.
Import the Third World, become the Third World. This really isn’t that hard. Ain’t immigration and diversity grand?
So it turns out the guy behind the collapsed Hard Rock hotel, Praveen Kailas was previously convicted of ripping off the state, and was allegedly cutting corners by employing unqualified labor.