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Originally Posted by tvbound

It is definitely a horrible tragedy. I can't imagine having family or friends in the building and watching the slow (for good reasons), and so far unsuccessful, progress from the search crews. As for those currently classified as missing, I recall the story of the guy in his bed who was swallowed by a sinkhole and thinking how terrible THAT must have been - and it was only one person. If it were me in something like this, I would hope to be totally asleep, as I can't even imagine the abject horror, terror and feeling of helplessness if awake - as it was happening.

List of structural failures and collapses - Wikipedia

Looked up the history of these structural failings.