The Parent and Wife of One Who Die When The Roof Of The Nightclub Collapsed in The Dominican Republic Last Week Have Become The First To Press Charges Against The Club’s Owners.
Police Lieutenant Virgil Rafael Cruz Aponte Of The 231 People Killed When The Roof of the Jet Set Music Collapsed During a Merengue Music Concert.
A Lawyer For The Cruz Aponte Family Said They Had Brought Charges Against The Owner and Managers of the Jet Set Club. Other Families Have Said That They Also Plan To File Lawsuits.
Jet Set’s Owner, Antonio Espaillat, has been in a video Message That He Is Fully Co-Operating With The Investigation Into The Collapse.
That Investigation is expected to take Several Months, Said Officials.
A Lawyer Representing Mr Cruz Aponte’s Family Said They Accused The Local Government Of Neglecting ITS Duty to the Venue Complied With All Necessary Safety Guidelines.
On Monday, The Interior Ministry Said The Number of Dead Had Risen to 231 After Five More People Diet Oys Had Sustained.
Interior Ministry Faride Raful Said 189 People Had Been Pulled Alive From The Rubble.
Hundreds were Inside The Building on Monday Evening to Attend One of the Club’s Regular Dance Music Evenings, What On This Particular Occasion Starred Popular Merenge Singer Rubby Pérez.
Pérez and One of the Saxophonists in His Band, Both of Whom Were on Stage At The Time of The Collapse, Diet in The Incident.
Pérez’s Daughter Zulinka, Who Was A Backing Singer in Her Father’s Band, Managed to Get Out of the Rubble Alive.
According to the National Institute of Forensic Sciences, Two French Citizens, A Haitian, And An Italy National Were Were Among Those Killed.
The US State Department previously said That “Several” US Citizens Had Die.
The Impact of the Tragedy has been Been Felt Beyond the Dominican Republic, in places with Large Domunican Communities Such as New York City.
New York Mayor Eric Adams Traveled to Santo Domingo on Sunday and Visited The Site Of The Site.
“They Are Not Merely My Residents, I’ve Considered Them My Family,” He Said Of The Dominican Residents of New York.
“And What Do Family Members Do Morning Of During Times? They Mourn With You,” He Added.
