isyne4u
<font color=blue>Next time I get a craving for cak
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I went to a party tonight at Sandbridge beach in Virginia Beach. It had been raining all day but cleared up at 430 when I got to the party. About 530 a couple of us stepped on to the deck over looking the ocean. We were admiring the surfers and watching as the people at the cottage next to us were setting up the upper deck with tables, speakers, and decorations.
First I guess I should explain that this was a 3 story beach cottage with two decks and then an inground pool at the bottom. It was overlooking the beach as well.
We assumed it to be a wedding reception b/c of the dress of the people and the set up. While they were setting up I was watching some kids play in the pool. I was concerned because at times I didn't see an adult present.
At 6pm there were lots of people on the deck. I don't know how many because I was watching the clouds in the sky. All of a sudden I heard this horrific sound...a cracking sound...I spun around to see the upper deck (3rd floor) coming crashing to the ground. People were clawing at the deck trying to stop themselves. People were screaming and I watched helplessly as people were trying frantically to free themselves of the deck debris in the water.
I grabbed my cell phone and called 911. I was able to get out what had happened and where we were but she kept asking me questions....I know she had to ask them but I really wanted to scream at her to hurry and send help. There were people bleeding, there were people crying. But she was very calm and kept asking me how many people I saw. I told her between 40 and 50...but my head was spinning and I really jsut wanted to throw up.
People from our cottage ran over to help pull people from the water. Two of them even jumped in the water and were lifting debris off of people who were trapped in the water. One woman was trapped under the deck against a fence on the ground. People on the scene had to lift the deck off of her and then they lifted her over a fence to get her out from under the deck. She didn't move for a long time. People said she was conscious when they took her away.
There were ambulances from all over the city, fire trucks, and a mass casualty response team. As far as we could tell there were no fatalities. there were 4 serious injuries around the deck, but apparently lots of people went back in the house and were walking wounded. Many were taken to the hospital. The bride appeared fine at first but she was eventually forced into a chair and the last thing I saw was that they were putting a neck brace on her and taking her away.
The deck appeared to just snap off the back of the house, I heard one person say that there were not big bolts holding the deck on, just nails. Those nails appeared to be the reason for a lot of the blood.
I'm sorry this is so long but its been over 4 hours since this happend and I'm still shaking. I hope this makes some sense and has a limited number of gramatical errors, because my mind is not all here. Thank you for letting me share.
tara
First I guess I should explain that this was a 3 story beach cottage with two decks and then an inground pool at the bottom. It was overlooking the beach as well.
We assumed it to be a wedding reception b/c of the dress of the people and the set up. While they were setting up I was watching some kids play in the pool. I was concerned because at times I didn't see an adult present.
At 6pm there were lots of people on the deck. I don't know how many because I was watching the clouds in the sky. All of a sudden I heard this horrific sound...a cracking sound...I spun around to see the upper deck (3rd floor) coming crashing to the ground. People were clawing at the deck trying to stop themselves. People were screaming and I watched helplessly as people were trying frantically to free themselves of the deck debris in the water.
I grabbed my cell phone and called 911. I was able to get out what had happened and where we were but she kept asking me questions....I know she had to ask them but I really wanted to scream at her to hurry and send help. There were people bleeding, there were people crying. But she was very calm and kept asking me how many people I saw. I told her between 40 and 50...but my head was spinning and I really jsut wanted to throw up.
People from our cottage ran over to help pull people from the water. Two of them even jumped in the water and were lifting debris off of people who were trapped in the water. One woman was trapped under the deck against a fence on the ground. People on the scene had to lift the deck off of her and then they lifted her over a fence to get her out from under the deck. She didn't move for a long time. People said she was conscious when they took her away.
There were ambulances from all over the city, fire trucks, and a mass casualty response team. As far as we could tell there were no fatalities. there were 4 serious injuries around the deck, but apparently lots of people went back in the house and were walking wounded. Many were taken to the hospital. The bride appeared fine at first but she was eventually forced into a chair and the last thing I saw was that they were putting a neck brace on her and taking her away.
The deck appeared to just snap off the back of the house, I heard one person say that there were not big bolts holding the deck on, just nails. Those nails appeared to be the reason for a lot of the blood.
I'm sorry this is so long but its been over 4 hours since this happend and I'm still shaking. I hope this makes some sense and has a limited number of gramatical errors, because my mind is not all here. Thank you for letting me share.
tara
