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Nine die in Russia pool accident
BBC | Submitted by: anonymous
"At least 14 people, 10 of them children, were killed when a roof collapsed at a swimming pool in the Urals region of Russia, officials say." ... "A similar collapse at a water park in Moscow in February 2004 left 28 dead as swimmers were showered with shards from the giant glass roof." ... Quote: "It collapsed in a fraction of a second. We didn't even understand what happened."
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From: gargoyle1
Date: 5-Dec-2005 07:51
More wonderful Soviet construction, right.
From: tammy [Live Life Live]
Date: 5-Dec-2005 08:28
'14 people, 10 of them children' and further down the article '14 dead, of whom four were said to be women'. Good old BBC and it's gone-down-with-the-Titanic making distinctions between women and children and, you know, the others. And I'm female myself.
From: unclefuckah [man eater]
Date: 5-Dec-2005 09:36
"A similar collapse at a water park in Moscow in February 2004 left 28 dead" Apparently, they didn't learn their lesson and try to prevent it from happening again elsewhere.
From: whitemans [land]
Date: 5-Dec-2005 10:07
the sky is falling! the sky is falling!.... you know, i think u may be right... ahhh shit
From: zebrabob [zebrabobsgotabigone]
Date: 5-Dec-2005 10:55
Well, you know what they say, "There may be snow on the roof, but there's bound to be dead women and children in the pool!"
From: azdollarbill [Jim Jones]
Date: 5-Dec-2005 11:21
IMO it was faulty engineering/architecture. A well constructed concrete structure should be well able to withstand the added weight of snow. I wonder if they built it in the summer, & therefore didn't think of snow as being a factor? Anyway, a nice rotten story, & just in time for the Holidays.
From: tsentsen [tsentsen]
Date: 5-Dec-2005 12:01
This just sux. Folks minding their own biz & having a fun time and the next thing ya know they're chum (chum-ski?).
From: jesuschrist [Your Faith has healed you]
Date: 5-Dec-2005 12:08
What's funnier then a decadal of children dying? One Jewish Rabbi on fire running down the street naked screaming gibberish.
From: pressthebutton [pressthebutton]
Date: 5-Dec-2005 12:27
Iīm so surprised! Lesson to learned: Donīt swim in them public swimmin pools, people piss in the water and the roofs keep a fallin!
From: rottenaugratin [Rotten au Gratin]
Date: 5-Dec-2005 13:08
Note to travelers: Avoid russian pools. Splash splash crack crumble crunch glub glub glub.
From: elroy [Elroy Jetson]
Date: 5-Dec-2005 16:56
Billiards is not a game for the faint of heart.
From: mikeisgreen
[Mike]
Date: 5-Dec-2005 17:39
What can be said? Depending on when it was built this was either the result of Soviet efficiency or Russian corruption. Plus ca change...
From: coprophiliac [coprophiliac]
Date: 5-Dec-2005 19:29
Probably the builders had too much vodka
From: aussiebogan [*installs a pithy quote here (cos I must)*]
Date: 5-Dec-2005 20:37
In soviet russia, the pool goes IN you.
From: gysgthartman [GySgt. Hartman]
Date: 6-Dec-2005 13:30
Typical shoddy construction over there in Russia.
From: brightwood
[Bright]
Date: 6-Dec-2005 19:04
Ah, some former-future-olympian probably got tired of all that boring swimming and decided to go skiing, but didn't have the funds to make it all the way to the Urals.
Updated: 11-Dec-2005 10:03
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