Roof Collapses ...in Poland ...( Doves! )
Sunday, January 29, 2006
“Roof Collapses On Crowded Hall in Poland
KATOWICE, Poland — The snow-covered roof of a convention hall in southern Poland collapsed Saturday with as many as 500 people inside for a racing pigeon exhibition, killing at least 60 people and injuring at least 141....
Crumpled birdcages were scattered inside the building near the entrance, and dozens of white and brown pigeons perched on the twisted rafters, their feathers fluffed against the cold....
The "Pigeon 2006" fair was made up of more than 120 exhibitors, including groups from Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Ukraine and Poland, according to the fair's Web site. ....foreigners were among the injured, including a German, a Belgian and a Czech citizen.....”
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,183097,00.html
http://www.golab.mtk.katowice.pl/en_about.php
“Rescue Bid Ends in Polish Roof Collapse
KATOWICE, Poland - Rescuers abandoned hope Sunday of finding survivors beneath the wreckage of an exhibition hall that collapsed, killing 66 people, and authorities were bringing in heavy equipment to demolish what little remained of the building. ...
....The pigeons are still flying out of the rubble, which means that people could still be living in there,...."
“Pope Benedict XVI looks at a dove freed at the end of the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan.29, 2006. The pontiff on Sunday prayed for the victims of the roof collapse in Poland, which killed at least 66 people and injured more than 160, and said he was joined spiritually to their families...”