Parking garage in Maryland collapses

[Danzig]

BETHESDA, Md. -- Rescue workers are using high-tech listening devices and dogs to try and determine if a man who became trapped under debris when a parking garage under construction at the National Institutes of Health partially collapsed, is still alive.

Montgomery County Fire Department spokesman Pete Piringer called the situation "grave."


Piringer said the collapse happened about 9 a.m. on the campus in Bethesda, Md. The fifth floor of the structure pancaked onto the fourth floor, trapping the victim. <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


A dozen or more workers were trapped, and were either escorted out by firefighters or plucked to safety by a cherry picker.


The Montgomery County Fire Department's Urban Search and Rescue Team is assisting with the search.

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[tlatchaw]

Urban Pancake!

Speak to us, man! We might disagree, but don't want you smashed.

 

[Kain99]

Freak Accidents..... Ya wake up, drive to work with your seat bealt on and BAM! Parking Garage collapses.

 

[Magnum]

It's odd that over the past couple of years it seems so many garages being built are falling down.

 

[Danzig]

Freak Accidents..... Ya wake up, drive to work with your seat bealt on and BAM! Parking Garage collapses.

Yea, Isn't it ironic

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
Isn't it ironic ... don't you think
Chorus

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought ... it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
'Well isn't this nice...'
And isn't it ironic ... don't you think
Repeat Chorus


Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face

It's a traffic jam when you're already late
It's a no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic... don't you think
A little too ironic... and yeah I really do think...
Repeat Chorus


Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out