Frightening footage shows moments before the Jet Set Night Club roof collapsed in Dominican Republic, with 79 | Watch | Today news

In a horrible event, the roof of Jet Set Nightclub in the Dominican Republic’s capital Santo Domingo collapsed early Tuesday and killed at least 79 people, 155, killed at a packed Merengue concert, consisting of politicians, athletes and others, reports Reuters. The rescue operations were performed, with emergency personnel on the site. Families and family members of the participants gathered at the scene and desperately looking for missing loved ones. Video -footage that was captured just a few moments before the collapse reveals a live scene – acting on stage, an enthusiastic crowd rejoicing, and no indication of the imminent incident. In a blink of an eye, it led to a ruckus when the roof threw in, buried dozens of tons of concrete and debris. A 17-season baseball player, Pedro Martinez, said: ‘I still have family members who are still in the rubble, and we don’t know what happened to them’ in a video posted on his Instagram account that evening. In a statement, presidential spokesman Homer Figueroa said the capacity of the emergency staff was rising because “more heavy equipment was used to speed up the removal of debris and continue searching efforts”. Juan Manuel Mendez, head of the country’s emergency operations, said: ‘We assume that many of them are still alive. Therefore, the authorities will not give up until no one is left under the rubble. ‘ He added that the exact number of participants in the club was unclear at the time of the collapse. Prominent names killed among the dead consist of a prominent singer, a provincial governor, and former Major League Baseball master Octavio Hoptel (51) debuted for the New York Mets in 1999 and played for more than a dozen teams until 2013, the authorities said. A spokesman for the country’s sports minister said that Hunel was breathing his last on his way to a local hospital after being taken out of the rubble. The prominent Dominican Merengue singer Rubby Perez was one of death, said his manager and family members near the website. Nelsy Cruz, governor of the province of Montecristi and the sister of Major League Baseball player Nelson Cruz, reportedly mentioned President Luis Abinad just after the collapse and told her that she was trapped under the wreckage. She was pronounced dead. League spokesman Satosky Terrero said Tony Enrique Blanco Cabrera died in the tragic incident. The first lady Raquel Arbaje mentions the opportunity as “too great tragedy”. The Jet Set Nightclub, a long -standing room in the capital, had no immediate records of safety offenses, although officials did not reject negligence or structural defects. (With input of agencies)