Burial starts with victims in the collapse of the Dominican Night Club that died 221

Santo Domino, Dominican Republic – Icon Mernge, baseball star and others, killed when the cement roof collapsed in a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic, was buried on Thursday when the authorities recalled the search for organs with death in 221.

Scary, dressed in black, flowed into the National Theater of Santo Domingo, where the body of the singer Ruby lay inside the closed coffin. Perez performed on stage at the Jet Set packed club at the beginning of Tuesday, when the dust began to fall from the ceiling, and a few seconds the roof played.

President Luis Abinader and Lady Raiba Arbaggea came to the theater and stood near Peresa’s coffin for a few minutes. Some of the sorrows twisted in tears when the recording of Perez sang the national anthem. The famous Dominican musician Juan Luis Gerra was among those who gathered to give his respect.

The 69 -year -old Perez turned to music after the car accident did not leave him unable to fulfill her dream of becoming a professional baseball player. He was famous for hits, including Volvere, which he sang with the Wilfrido Vargas Orchestra, and Buskando auz Besos as a solo artist.

After the five -hour memorial, the sorrows released dozens of white balloons outside the theater and spontaneously sang Volvere in unison. One woman put her hand on her heart and stroked her when she cried.

At the cemetery of Zulinka Perez, one of his daughters, she said, “I knew he was loved, but I never imagined it.”

Search for answers

Only the quarters from the Perez Memorial, the heavy equipment began to leave the place where the jet set once stood, and the rescue crews packed their equipment.

In the meantime, a group of prosecutors arrived.

It is still unclear what caused the collapse of the roof or when the building has last inspected. The government said that a thorough investigation was launched, and the club’s owners stated that they would cooperate with the authorities.

Juan Manuel Mendes, director of the Center for Emergency Operations, broke when he addressed journalists.

“Thank you, God, because today we have completed the most difficult task that I had in 20 years,” he said, removing the microphone from the face when he cried. Other officials stroked him on his back when he continued: “Please forgive me” before passing the microphone to the army official.

Officials said 189 people were saved alive from the rubble. More than 200 were injured, 23 of them were still hospitalized, including eight critical condition.

“If the injury is too much, time is not a long time” to save patients in this condition, said Minister of Health Viktor Atalla. He and other doctors said some of the victims suffered fractures of the skull, femur and pelvis.

Annoyed families are waiting

Many people were looking forward to the news about their loved ones, disappointed by drip drip information provided by hospitals and the country’s forensic institute.

At least 146 bodies were determined, the authorities said on Thursday.

Maria Louise Taeras told the TV channel noticias sin that he is looking for her sister.

“We went where they told us,” she said, her voice was breaking.

Taeras stated that the family spread, with a relative was located in each hospital and at the National Institute of Forensic Pathology. Dozens of people were waiting at the Institute on Thursday, wearing face masks and complaining of smell when they demanded the release of their loved ones.

“The smell is unbearable,” said Wendy Sosa, who was waiting for the body of her cousin, 61-year-old Nilka Curiel Gonzalez from Wednesday. The Sosa said the Associated Press by phone that the situation that was “chaotic” and that officials created a refrigerator container for processing the volume of delivered bodies.

She cried when she described her cousin as merciful, true and “very compassionate.”

“Life is just a breath”

The victims identified so far include former MLB Octavio Dotel players and Tony Enrique Blanco Cabrera; But Nels Cruz, the governor of the northwestern Montecristi province, whose brother-semes the top League of the Baseball Star Nelson Cruz.

Back was buried on Thursday in Santo Domingo. Hundreds of people visited his awakening on Wednesday, including the Hall of Glory David Ortis, earlier from Boston Red Soks. Ortis said that the number of people who visited the awakening of the dol was talked about volumes.

“He was a man who everyone loved,” Ortis told reporters. “It’s very difficult, very difficult, really.”

The MLB Hall of Celebrity Pedro Martinez visited another wake up on Thursday.

“There are no words to describe the pain we all feel,” Martinez said, adding that he knew more than 50 those who died. “Life is just a breath.”

The UN official was also killed; Saxophonist Luis Sololis, who played on stage when the roof fell; New York fashion designer Martin Polanko; the son and daughter -in -law of the Minister of Public Work; Brother of the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Youth; and three Gropo Popular staff, financial services companies, including the President of the Popular Bank of AFP and his wife.

More than 20 victims came from Hain, the hometown of Rubbi Pereza, southwest of Santo Domingo.

The governor spent a communal wave, setting 10 grounds for the coffin under the flag, which says: “Haina says goodbye to loved ones with huge sorrow.”

Among the sorrows was Juancho Gillen, who lost his wife three months ago and whose brother, sister and son -in -law died in Jet Set.

“This family is shocked, devastated,” he said a noble sin. “We are also almost dead.”

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