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Jet Set Disaster
That disco opened in 1973 and was an old converted movie theater, so no.
This will be my final post however, Let us take a moment of silence and lift up in prayer all those affected by the Jet Set tragedy. Our hearts are heavy—we are saddened, heartbroken, and at a loss for words. We ask God to surround the victims and their families with comfort, love, and healing.
Today, we received the heartbreaking news that the death toll has risen to 113—something none of us expected, and it fills us with deep sorrow. To the 153 people who were injured, may they feel the warmth of our care and support.
Now more than ever, we must spread our wings around them and remind them they are not alone. We are here, united in spirit, standing with them.
Let us all continue to pray for the Dominican Republic. April 7, 2025 — a day we will never forget.
Please give thanks and support to the person who created this powerful image above in honor of the victims. Your heart and talent speak volumes. God bless you all.
#JetSet 💔
Today, we received the heartbreaking news that the death toll has risen to 113—something none of us expected, and it fills us with deep sorrow. To the 153 people who were injured, may they feel the warmth of our care and support.
Now more than ever, we must spread our wings around them and remind them they are not alone. We are here, united in spirit, standing with them.
Let us all continue to pray for the Dominican Republic. April 7, 2025 — a day we will never forget.
Please give thanks and support to the person who created this powerful image above in honor of the victims. Your heart and talent speak volumes. God bless you all.
#JetSet 💔
It is now or never ! The moment the rescue (recovery) work is completed they should hunt down the firefighters and rescue workers that made this videos and published them. There is nothing that can be done against any primitive civilian that does this but any official rescue worker that was involved in this should be stoned to death with the briggs from the jetset building and this can and should be filmed and published all over.
So this disaster would appear to be the result of multiple factors, as most large scale disasters are. An older building lacking earthquake mitigation capabilities weakened over time, heavily modified with questionable engineering and construction techniques, and lacking proper maintenance according to the media.
That‘s damning on many levels. Federal and municipal, and the building owner is implicated if the media reports about lack of proper maintenance are true. The cause of the San Cristobal explosion, building collapse, and resulting loss of life was never definitively identified and the investigation has died a bureaucratic death. That had a media life of about a week. The investigation to identify the reasons for the JetSet building collapse will be under even greater media scrutiny. Buck passing, excuses, and cover ups will be much harder to do as a result of that scrutiny but, if other investigations are anything to go by, we can expect more of the same.
May the departed rest in peace and the injured survive this ordeal. They are all victims of governments, past and present, that doesn’t treat the sanctity and safety of human life with the priority it deserves.
This time could be different. I'm apologizing ahead for using this terms but that's exactly how DR Officials are working and influenced by: The San Cristobal explosion cost the lives of a few "nobody's", At the Jetset collapse a lot of "somebody's" lost their lives.
I agree. If the young lady who drowned at the Punta Cana resort a while ago did not have influential parents who were able to involve US enforcement agencies, the investigation would have been short lived and the outcome a lot different.
The political and social influence of the relatives whose family members died or were injured at the JetSet disaster may be able to influence the government to do better in the future. Whether or not that would amount to anything better long term remains to be seen. Governments change. A class action lawsuit would really be a rude awakening for the government and the building owner. I’d be very surprised if that happened but it could bring about positive change.
The outcome would have been the same regardless. She drowned.
Living here for over a decade and I've never heard of a class action lawsuit in the DR.
This accident like so many accidents before it was clearly preventable.
A large earthquake is always a very real possibility. The thought of having one brings far more questions than the government has answers for. With the culture of lax enforcement, bribes and corruption it does make me wonder how many more compromised structures need to be addressed?
With so many prominent people having lost their lives (RIP) perhaps someone with the proper authority will take concrete action to ensure this doesn't end up being another rinse and repeat ordeal.
The outcome I referenced was the fate of Joshua Riibe.
Santo Domingo is an old city with many large venues with no earthquake resistance. The cost to address their shorting comings would be significant. It won’t happen and, if Santo Domingo ever experiences a big one, the loss of life would be major. Something I expect the government is aware of but hopes never happens.
Please keep this thread focused on JetSet. It’s not about the drowning in PC or earthquakes.
An issue I have been seeing in various media is implying that the owner didn’t do enough maintenance to the building because it wouldn’t risk his life. Aside I think it’s too early for speculation, I find that to be ridiculous. The owner is always at Jet Set every Monday when events involving major artists like Rubby Pérez take place. The few times he isn’t there is when it coincides with a trip abroad for business or otherwise.Looks like the owner was already in Nevada (according to social media). The 'history' of the building posted in a certain social media website is alarming so I won't repeat it here. The number of deaths has also climbed a lot, I won't go into details respecting keepcoming's request. @CristoRey your prediction has sadly come true
He is the owner of the Jalao restaurant in NYC. He was there during the inauguration of this place and obviously meant he couldn’t be in the DR at the same time. I don’t remember what day of the week this restaurant was inaugurated, but is an example he can’t be in two places at the same time.
The owners has dark circles in the last statement he gave about the tragedy of Jer Set. Those circles hace always been there or are the creation of being affected by what happened even if just the falling of guilt?
NALs please do not insinuate anything unless you know something as a fact. Let's try and be respectful of the victims and their families.
What @NALs is saying is correct but I have also given the source of the 'sayings' - I had softened the tone up but if you see the video, it was a clear accusation and it is on Telemicro.
At this point, I personally would not cut the owner any slack regardless of whether he perished along with others or not because it is his responsibility to make sure his venue was safe and death would not absolve him of the losses of so many lives and families dealing with the losses. That said, I am no one to be outraged on their behalf but it looks like many Dominicans are. So I will stop posting on the topic of the owner's culpability.
Also remember in this case the owner is probably good friends and was on a first-name basis with a good portion of the deceased persons.
What that the owner has dark circles, and could they be a sign of guilt? Guess what I have dark circles from not sleeping because my spouse lost two very good friends in this tragedy. Read what JD posted, it is 100% correct and then some. It is a horrible tragedy, people are suffering. Now is not the time to make insinuations, accusations, etc.. Let the facts come out in time.
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