Tragedy at L Ambiance Plaza collapse jolts Bridgeport families
Families anxiously await word as workers remain missing after the Thursday collapse of the L Ambiance Plaza housing project. At Kolbe Cathedral High School gym, relatives sobbed and prayed as rescue teams toiled among twisted steel and concrete. Police, Salvation Army volunteers, and mournful crowds lined Washington Avenue while grim signs of death appeared at the site.
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Trapped workers search under wreckage of collapsed high rise
Rescue teams using dogs and sensitive listening devices comb concrete and steel for 19 trapped workers after the unfinished L Ambiance Plaza project collapsed like dominoes killing at least nine. City officials say chances of survivors are slim but some hope lingers in voids beneath debris.
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