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Numerous people fell or jumped to their deaths from the burning towers. Three were spotted from an east-facing window on the south side of the 79th floor, [49] while the 100–200 people who fell or jumped from the four faces of the North Tower had no other means of escape from the insufferable heat, smoke and fire consuming its top 18 stories ...
Bad Reichenhall Ice Rink roof collapse: Bad Reichenhall, Germany: Stadium roof: 15 dead, 32 injured 2006: Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse: Katowice, Poland: Market roof: 65 dead, 170 injured 2006: Basmanny market roof collapse: Moscow, Russia: Market roof: 66 dead, unknown injured 2006: 2006 Lagos building collapses: Lagos, Nigeria
The intense heat generated by a lightning strike can burn tissue, and cause lung damage, and the chest can be damaged by the mechanical force of rapidly expanding heated air. [ 4 ] Just as heat can cause expanding air in the lungs, the explosive shock wave created by lightning (the cause of thunder) can cause concussive and hearing damage at ...
A final photo has emerged of North Carolina grandparents on the roof of their home, surrounded by floodwaters, minutes before they drowned due to Hurricane Helene. Jessica Drye Turner’s family ...
Slipped from the 15th floor. (~150 feet assuming each floor is 10 ft.) and landed on the roof of a building at ground level. Some suggest the roof broke his fall, medical experts state he was very lucky to have survived the fall. His injuries were; broken bones, internal bruising. However Stilman was expected to make a full recovery. Yuan Huangtou
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Further south, on June 19, 20 and 21, Toronto experienced its first official early season heat wave (In Canada, a heat wave is defined as three or more consecutive days with temperatures at or above 32 °C (89.6 °F)), with temperatures ranging between 33.4 °C (92.1 °F) and 34.5 °C (94.1 °F) and the minimum temperature on June 20 not ...
Great Britain runner George Mills has been reinstated in the men's 5,000-meter final at the Paris Olympics, after falling during the qualifying heat and blaming French runner Hugo Hay.