What caused the Jet Set roof to collapse?
Politicians, athletes and a fashion designer were among those at Jet Set in Santo Domingo when disaster struck early Tuesday. Officials have said it’s too early to determine why the roof fell. Rescue crews suspended the search for survivors and moved to a phase focused on finding bodies. The roof of Jet Set club, owned by Antonio Espaillat and his sister Maribel Espaillat, collapsed in the early hours of April 8 during a concert by merengue star Rubby Perez. The prosecutor’s office accused him and his sister of ‘immense irresponsibility and negligence’ for failing to carry out repairs to the roof.Jet Set owner Antonio Espaillat and his sister Maribel Espaillat have been arrested. The Santo Domingo nightclub was the site of 236 fatalities when the building’s roof collapsed in April.So far, authorities have identified 146 people who died and rescued 189 survivors from the rubble after disaster struck the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo.
What happened at Jet Set?
More than 230 people, including 17 US citizens, died after the roof of the popular Jet Set nightclub collapsed in the Dominican Republic’s capital, Santo Domingo, this week in one of the Caribbean country’s deadliest tragedies. SANTO DOMINGO — Identifying and conducting autopsies for the 225 people killed in the Jet Set nightclub’s roof collapse four days ago has been a task so daunting it overwhelmed the country’s morgue.
What does “jet set girl” mean?
The Oxford English Dictionary defines the jet set as a social group of wealthy and fashionable people, especially those who travel widely and frequently for pleasure. After jet set comes into the language, jet-setter later becomes a way to refer to someone who is part of that social group. The jet set is a social group of wealthy and fashionable people who travel the world to participate in social activities unavailable to ordinary people.