Two people are dead and one is missing after a hotel collapsed in New Orleans. Two people are dead and one is missing after a hotel collapsed in New Orleans. Two dead in hotel collapse in New OrleansA large section of a Hard Rock Hotel under construction beside the city’s historic French Quarter collapsed amid blinding dust and flying debris. Rescue workers searched the largely unstable building for one person still unaccounted for, while nearby buildings were evacuated. Citadel Builders LLC, the contractor on the project, said more than 100 workers were on site at the time of the collapse.

Source: Irish Independent October 13, 2019 05:48 UTC