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Mexico City Shopping Mall Collapse

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EZBuilding

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Current reports shows that no one has been injured or killed during this collapse.

The link below has an embedded video showing the collapse

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This link has some interesting pictures as well:

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This article also has a video of a previous retaining wall collapse at the site during construction: Link

I wonder how heavy that roof garden was.

 
Makes me wonder if that roof garden was part of the plan, even.
 
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