Video reveals wedding horror. BARNEGAT LIGHT, New Jersey -- A couple's perfect wedding day at the Jersey Shore turned into a catastrophe after the second floor of their venue began to cave in. Legal Statement. Cookie Notice 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved, 8 dolphins die after theyre stranded on Jersey Shore, 6th dead dolphin washes up in under a month at New Jersey marina, How coconuts protect the Jersey Shore, other eroding coasts, Jersey Shores controversial cross-shaped pier to open on Memorial Day. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, BARNEGAT LIGHT, NJ (OCEAN)Around 7:36 p.m. multiple Police, Fire and Rescue Units responded to 404 Broadway for a building collapse with around 200 people on the second floor during a wedding. However, their approach not only failed to provide additional structural capacity, it also inadvertently introduced a new and significant dead load at the weakened area. They included the hall's owners, the engineer who invented the Pal-Kal method of cheap and lightweight ceiling construction and contractors and builders involved with recent renovations. Witnesses reported seeing a dangerous sag in the floor moments before the collapse. Brick by brick, rescue workersare diggingfor survivors of the wedding of Assi and Keren Sror. It was the deadliest building collapse in Israel's history. I got down on one knee and she said 'yes!' The Versailles Wedding Hall disaster footage. In what became one of Israel's worst building disasters, 23 people lost their lives and another 250 were injured. We were in the ruins. 23 people were killed and nearly 400 were injured. Authorities continue search for Texas man suspected of killing 5, Mom warns others after son severely burned from social media challenge, NW Side restaurant burglarized 4 times in 5 weeks, owners say: VIDEO. A wedding reception held at the Daymark in Barnegat Light, New Jersey had to be evacuated after the second floor caved in. Great job by Incident command of both fire (1300) and EMS (120). By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Officials called it the worst accident of its kind in Israel's history. The report is presented by MSNBC's Greg Jarrett and Chris Jansing.I disabled comments on this video due to the number of anti-Semitic comments. Several years before in 1997, during the Maccabiah Games, a bridge collapsed killing 4 Australians participating in the games. A wedding reception held at the Daymark in Barnegat Light, New Jersey had to be evacuated after the second floor caved in. The engineer Eli Ron, inventor of the Pal-Kal method of construction, was arrested and subsequently indicted in August 2002 on the charge of manslaughter. The owners viewed the sagging floor primarily as a cosmetic problem, and attempted to level it with additional grout and fill. The DJ did an excellent job of announcing to all patrons to safely exit the building after hearing the rumble noise, the department said on Facebook Sunday. But the couple was sent fleeing for safety along with the 200 friends and family members invited to the reception. "I would define this as a national disaster.". Send it to Eyewitness News using the form below. There are some reports the Versailles banquet hall was built using a cheap method of construction, known as Pal-Kal, which was outlawed five years ago. We fell one floor, and then the next floor collapsed. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment Icegiant- Additional comment actions. Hundreds of Pal-Kal buildings have not yet been tested for stability 10 years after the Versailles disaster. Market data provided by Factset. At 22:43 on May 24, 2001, a large portion of the third floor of the Versailles Wedding Hall collapsed in Talpiot, Jerusalem, Israel. The fire department also thanked the DJ, who did an excellent job of announcing to all the wedding guests to safely exit the building. "We knew where my parents were staying and we moved to that location and the party just continued on," Brian Gagliardotto said. Thank God, and here we are. The father of the groom, Zion Dror, said: "We were dancing, and all of a sudden three storeys collapsed. 1 / 4. Friday, 25 May, 2001, 22:49 GMT 23:49 UK. Daymark will be closed until the building is structurally sound. "The DJ did an excellent job of announcing to all patrons to safely exit the building after hearing the rumble noise," the department said in a Facebook post. I felt [the floor], like, drop, and I instantly got off the dance floor, Cassidy told the outlet. Eli Ron, who invented the Pal-Kal[he] construction method, and three engineers involved in the construction of the hall were found guilty along with the three owners of the hall of causing death by negligence and sabotage by negligence. The Barnegat Light Volunteer Fire Department rushed to the scene to help get everyone out. As for the new Mr. & Mrs., their wedding celebration was able to continue after those scary moments. Several supporting columns in the halls had also been removed to enlarge the reception area, and the floor tiles had recently been replaced, the reports said. Floor collapse shocks guests during wedding ceremony, Gut doctor reveals the truth behind your poops shape, Aww! 5.9K. Hospital doctors said many children were among them, including a 3-month-old baby. ALSO READ | New York City lifting COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private sector. Across the street from the site is a memorial garden with names of victims inscribed on a wall. "Our DJ just kicked it off and we were like three songs in," Brian Gagliardotto said. Jerusalem police ruled out the possibility of a terror attack, saying the building collapsed because of structural failure. He said his preliminary examination of the building file disclosed findings "that trouble me very much." All Rights Reserved. The newlyweds, their families and friends fell into the abyss and plunged down three stories, as ceiling after ceiling buckled and crashed to the ground. Several people were missing, and the death toll was expected to rise. We had to be pulled out. But as we left the . And the next. In the aftermath of the disaster, the Israeli parliament passed the "Versailles Law" establishing a special committee responsible for treating the people injured in the disaster and an investigative committee was established by the then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon under the leadership of the former judge Vardimos Zeiler, which probed both the Versailles disaster and the Maccabiah bridge collapse which had occurred several years earlier. "Totally shocked and wasn't expecting it," Cassidy Gagliardotto. Seven weeks after the banquet hall collapse families of the victims won their battle to have the tragedy declared a national disaster, so they could be entitled to compensation from the state. "I've been here since midnight, and all I've been doing is carrying out bodies," said rescue worker Yaakov Cohen. In a scene of unspeakable horror, revelers on the perimeter of a crowded dance floor at a Jerusalem wedding watched Thursday night as the floor caved in, and hundreds of people instantly. The bride, Keren Dror, who was standing with the groom in the centre of a circle of dancers fell with him when the floor collapsed. Sad. At 22:43 on May 24, 2001, a large portion of the third floor of the Versailles Wedding Hall collapsed in Talpiot, Jerusalem, Israel. For more information, please see our By Friday evening, at least24 bodies had been pulled from the pile of rubble, concrete slabs and twisted metal, said Yehuda Meshi Zahav, head of a group that collects remains after terrorist attacks. Assi Sror was treated for minor injuries and released. Twenty-three people fell to their deaths through two stories, while another 380 were injured to varying degrees. "All of her family were on the dunes, yeah I got down on one knee and she said yes thank god, and here we are, it's awesome," Brian Gagliardotto said. Brian and Cassidy Gagliardotto were celebrating their nuptials Saturday evening at the Daymark Bar & Restaurant in Barnegat Light, New Jersey, when the venue started shaking, news station WABC-TV reported. Screaming guests on the edges of the dance floor peered down into the crater in disbelief. At least24 people have been killed, including a 3-year-old boy. Cassidy and Brian Gagliardotto had planned for years to make September 17 a night to remember, beginning with a big proposal. After the ceremony, Rachel and I were going to process up the hill from the church to the reception at my in-laws' home, led by a small jazz band and followed by our guests. Legal Statement. Our DJ just kicked it off and we were like three songs in, the groom told the outlet. That's when the celebration turned into an evacuation when the second floor of the building started shaking. Later photos showed the baby, her face scratched, alive in the arms of a woman, "We were on people -- those poor people," said Tamar Revivo, 26, from her hospital bed Friday, where she was being treated for a fractured right ankle. He said several other buildings similarly built, with thin concrete layers, have collapsed in the past. The couple had just become husband and wife and their 600 guests were dancing when the floor of the wedding hall caved in. The May 24 . From Barnegat Light Volunteer Fire Company #1: As many of you already know, we were dispatched to Daymark last night for reports of a collapse of the second floor. Investigations found that poor construction methods were at fault for the collapse and the engineers responsible for the construction of the bridge were found guilty of death by negligence. The fire department thanked the DJ for helping assist the wedding attendees. July 24, 2018 | 6:55am A water leak from underground pipes caused a floor to suddenly collapse during a wedding ceremony in northern China. He said five bodies were found sitting around a table. Four people the building owner, an engineer, a designer and a contractor were arrested Friday, police said. I'd see a hand. "All of her family were on the dunes. But Keren Sror, carried out on a stretcher in her fluffy white dress, suffered hip and chest injuries and might need surgery, doctors said. This law established a special committee responsible for treating the people injured in the disaster. A special Israeli army rescue unit is at the scene. After the deadly collapse of a parking structure in lower Manhattan, New York City building officials swept through dozens of parking garages and ordered four of them to immediately shutter Learn how and when to remove this template message, List of structural failures and collapses, "Wedding survivors recall night of horror", "Versailles Wedding Hall Engineer Jailed for 23 Negligent Deaths", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Versailles_wedding_hall_disaster&oldid=1146034895, Insufficient load capacity due to flawed structural design. I'd see a person. real 28k. "We expect there are people alive under the rubble," Ofir said Friday. It was the second floor at the Daymark . Levinson, Jay. At the scene of the wedding disaster, rescue workers aided by German shepherds searched for survivors and removed bodies from the rubble, carrying them on stretchers covered with blankets. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . "Luckily we were able to get all our first dances in, all our speeches in," Brian Gagliardotto said. News article and more info in the comments. The special Israeli army rescue unit that has been sent abroad in the past to dig out earthquake victims in India and Turkey was working at the scene. Engineer Shaul Nevo, a reserve army major taking part in the rescue, said the type of construction was to blame. At 22:43 on May 24, 2001, a large portion of the third floor of the Versailles Wedding Hall collapsed in Talpiot, Jerusalem, Israel. A couples dream wedding reception at the Jersey Shore descended into chaos when the second floor of their venue caved in. "We managed to climb down the side of the building," she said. Upon arrival it was determined that 200 people needed evacuation from the building and the floor was caving in but not fully collapsed. It was not clear if the renovations contributed to the collapse. "Totally shocked and wasn't expecting it," the bride Cassidy Gagliardotto told our sister station WABC-TV about the proposal. From the Delaware River to the Jersey Shore. No injuries were reported, though the Daymark will remain closed until it is structurally sound. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Privacy Policy. At least 20 people have been killed and hundreds have been injured at a wedding party in Jerusalem after the dance floor collapsed. The Palestinian Authority sent its condolences to the Israeli government and offered to help with the rescue work. But the celebration turned into an evacuation when the second floor of the building started shaking. One moment dancing, the next diaster. Rescue efforts commenced immediately after the collapse and continued until 4pm on Saturday May 26, 2001. The wedding hall was subsequently demolished, and as of 2017 the site remained unoccupied and sealed. Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover? Theinstant the floor collapsed was captured on videotape, which is being aired on Fox News Channel. or redistributed. New York City lifting COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private sector, Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts. He did not give details but suggested a criminal investigation may be required. Moreover, an official investigation committee was established by the then Prime Minister Ariel Sharon under the leadership of the former judge Vardimos Zeiler(he), who was in charge of the security of public places and buildings. As a result, the structure supporting the new third story was subjected to much greater loading than was originally anticipated. On December 18, 1867 in Angola, NY, a train accident known as the Angola Horror took the lives of ~50 people who were cooked to death on one of the trains overturned furnaces when their car vertically plunged down an icy ravine. Adi and Adiv were sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment while Nisim was sentenced to four months of community service.[5]. Engineers discovered that the collapse was due to a last minute design change on a portion of the structure that was not designed to carry a live heavy load such as the nearly 100 dancing people. We've received your submission. Soldiers in yellow helmets used bulldozers, cranes and a conveyer belt to pull out the larger pieces of rubble and metal shards from the cavernous hole, but the mounds of debris were so unstable they tumbled at the touch of heavy machinery. A Fire Marshal and Building Inspector were requested to the scene. In December 2006, the court convicted all three men of causing death by negligence and sabotage by negligence.[6]. In a scene of unspeakable horror, revelers on the perimeter of a crowded dance floor at a Jerusalem wedding watched Thursday night as thefloorcaved in,and hundreds of people instantly plungedthree stories into a heap of concrete and steel. G. Public Security Minister Uzi Landau said a committee of experts would be formed to investigate the cause. Eli Ron received a four-year sentence, Shimon Kaufman and Dan Sheffer 22 months, and Uri Pessah six months. A caller to Israel's Army Radio said he had organised a wedding at the hall a week ago and had called the owners afterwards to say he was worried about the state of the dance hall floor. The gesture came at a time of bitter conflict between the two sides, after eight months of fighting that has killed hundreds, mostly on the Palestinian side. The footage shows a man dancing with a baby wearing a white frilly dress. Within a second or two it collapsed, breaking through the floors below. It's awesome," the groom Brian Gagliardotto said. Twenty-three people fell to their deaths through two stories, while another 380 were injured to varying degrees. Guests were left clinging to the sides of the Versailles. BARNEGAT LIGHT, New Jersey -- A couple's perfect wedding day at the Jersey Shore turned into a catastrophe after the second floor of their venue began to cave in.