Officials in the Dominican Republic said on Thursday the death toll from Tuesday’s tragic collapse of a popular nightclub has grown to over 200 people.
The official count of bodies recovered from the collapsed building stood at 221 on Thursday, with another 155 injured, and rescue workers said the chances of recovering anyone alive were slim.
Rescue workers have recovered 189 survivors from the disaster site, but it has been almost 48 hours since a living person was found in the wreckage.
Family members nevertheless gathered at the scene, clutching photos of their missing loved ones and hoping against the odds for good news. Sadly, Emergency Operations Center (EOC) director Juan Manuel Mendez said on Thursday morning that rescue efforts were officially ending
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