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A review by imyourmausoleum
Justice Under the Rubble: The Salvation Army Building Collapse by Andrew Stern, George Anastasia
informative
fast-paced
3.0
The Pennsylvania Salvation Army building was located on Market Street. This building housed a thrift store on the ground floors that was frequented by many people each day. On June 5, 2013, the building was full of shoppers when the adjacent building under demolition collapsed onto the Salvation Army building. Seven people died and fourteen more were injured in the collapse. As one can imagine, shock and outrage poured in for the handling of the demolition that caused this disaster. The suicide of the building inspector, who publicly felt tremendous guilt over his failures, and the subsequent legal proceedings are outlined in this book. I was twenty something years old when this happened and never heard of it. If you are interested in disasters, especially those that happened in the last 20 years, you may think about checking this book out.