A Silent D i s a s t e r

Just last Thursday, there was a disaster in Petaling Jaya.
It was the collapse of Jaya Supermarket Section 14.
Involving 9 workers and only 2 survived from the incident.
This collapse has a really low chance of survival
because the building is empty nothing but concrete ceilings
to concrete floors.
The 2 survivors were lucky to be alive because they were at
the side of the construction area.

Half of the building collapsed at around 4.45pm.

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I was involved in the Voluntary Aid Detachment so i gave a helping
hand to this unexpected incident. The members and I were on
stand-by mode, ready to help any casualties but sadly,
7/9 of the victims were all dead. Not only that we were
giving our first-aid treatments to our brave rescue teams on site.
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The bodies found were not really in complete shape but some
they actually found parts of them. Come to think of it i felt really
sad for the victims.
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So I hope in the future, the management of any company
should have a proper demolition plan before demolition of a
building. Thank goodness, this time it didn't injured any passerby
and the houses. Really thankful to the Police, SMART, IKRAM, PPUM,
BOMBA, RELA for their endless support.
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Our team has been on duty since Thursday itself. Trying our best
to help just about anything.
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Our team.

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sean