Monday, June 29, 2009
News Midtown Atlanta parking deck collapse aftermath on video
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 6:19 PM
John Williams has awesome timing. About 10 to 15 minutes before a portion of a Midtown Atlanta parking deck collapsed today, the web designer, who works in a nearby building, says he left the area to get his car's emissions checked. He returned to find the structure near Technology Square shut down, firetrucks parked, and a crowd gathered wondering just what the hell happened.
"It looked like a section about five cars wide just fell and took out the next three floors below it," Williams said in a phone interview with CL. "You can see the cars piled up."
Williams shot video from the scene. To view them, click the screenshots below.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
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I heard it took Grady more than an hour to respond to the collapse. Can anyone confirm this?
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Grady was on the scene when I arrived. I was only gone for a half hour when all of this happened, so I assume they were as responsive as anyone else. Luckily there were no injuries.
Isn't Hardin Construction the company that was building the walkway at the Atlanta Botanical Garden when the walkway collapsed in December,2008 killing one person and injuring mnay others? Doesn't anyone investigate construction firms that have multiple problems?
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