Guests were left clinging to the side of the building waiting for rescuers to arrive.
Wedding floor collapse in israel 2001.
Festive israeli wedding in jerusalem turns into tragedy as crowded dance floor collapses onto packed dining hall one level below killing at least 25 people and injuring more than 350.
אסון אולמי ורסאי located in talpiot jerusalem israel was the site of the most lethal civil disaster in israel s history.
Guests were left clinging to the sides of the versailles wedding hall when the third floor suddenly gave way at about 2245 local time and crashed through two storeys below.
At least 15 people were killed when a three storey wedding hall in west jerusalem collapsed late last night.
One was that the floor had been built using the pal kal method and another was that a wall had been removed during renovations on the floor below.
Hundreds were injured and 23 people lost their.
On may 24 2001 the floor at the versailles banquet hall in jerusalem s talpiot neighborhood caved in under the feet of hundreds of wedding guests killing 23 people.
Officials called it the worst accident of its kind in israel s history.
Transcript for may 24 2001.
It s terrifying footage of a 4th floor dance floor that collapses during a wedding in israel.
250 people were injured and 25 died as a result.
At 22 45 on the evening of thursday 24 may 2001 the floor of the versailles hall a catering establishment in jerusalem collapsed during a wedding celebration.
At 22 43 on may 24 2001 during the wedding of keren and asaf dror a large portion of the third floor of the three story building collapsed.
Versailles hall floor collapse.
A review of israeli press coverage.
A review of israeli press coverage.
The couple had just become husband and wife and their 600 guests were dancing when the floor of the wedding hall caved in.
This happened in 2001 although i hadn t seen the clip until now.
Dance floor collapses in israel this transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100 accurate.
The versailles wedding hall hebrew.