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Nightclub Owner Says He’s ‘Completely Destroyed’ Over Roof Collapse That Killed 232, Including Ex-MLB Players
Jet Set nightclub Antonio Espaillat vowed to 'face everything' as Dominican authorities begin investigating the deadly April ...
Owner of collapsed Dominican Republic nightclub breaks silence — and reveals years of problems before tragedy left 232 dead
A roof that collapsed at a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic and killed 232 people this month had filtration ...
Owner of Dominican nightclub says plaster tiles often fell from ceiling years before deadly roof collapse
More than 300 people were inside Jet Set nightclub in the capital of Santo Domingo when the roof collapsed around 1 a.m. on ...
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15 days after the JetSet Club collapse, Antonio Espaillat gives a pre-taped press interview
Throughout the interview, he repeatedly pressed the point of all his losses in the family business, in the deaths of friends and habitue customers, and his openness to reach out to the victims. He ...
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Owner of Dominican nightclub says plaster tiles often fell from ceiling years before deadly roof collapse
"She said: 'Antonio, something incredible has happened… we heard an explosion, and the entire roof has collapsed,'" Espaillat told Telesistema.Maribel later told local newspaper Diario Libre ...
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Owner of Dominican nightclub says plaster tiles often fell from ceiling years before deadly roof collapse
Businessman Antonio Espaillat, who co-owns the establishment with his mother, said in an interview with CNN affiliate Telesistema that aired on Wednesday that the tiles were frequently replaced ...
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Nightclub Owner Says He’s ‘Completely Destroyed’ Over Roof Collapse That Killed 232, Including Ex-MLB Players
Antonio Espaillat vowed to "face everything" as Dominican authorities begin investigating the deadly April 8 collapse Sean Neumann is a reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2019.