{"id":8289,"date":"2024-05-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=8289"},"modified":"2024-05-09T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T10:00:00","slug":"3-days-after-south-africa-building-collapse-hope-fades-for-more-survivors-with-44-people-still-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=8289","title":{"rendered":"3 days after South Africa building collapse, hope fades for more survivors with 44 people still missing"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

George, South Africa \u2014<\/em>\u00a0The number of people missing under the rubble of a collapsed five-floor apartment building in South Africa<\/span> was higher Thursday morning than it had been since the Monday afternoon disaster, as officials said there had been six more workers on the construction site than first believed. Local leaders in the town of George, on South Africa’s southern coast, said they believed there were 81 workers on the site when the building crumpled into a heap of broken concrete and twisted metal.<\/p>\n

As of Thursday, 29 people had been rescued from the site and eight confirmed dead. Three days after the collapse, hope was fading fast that the 44 workers still unaccounted for might be found alive. <\/p>\n

Six of those pulled alive from the debris were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, and 16 others were in critical condition.<\/p>\n

\"FILE<\/span>
Rescuers try to find construction workers trapped under a building that collapsed in George, South Africa, May 8, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Esa Alexander\/REUTERS<\/p>\n

<\/span>
\n <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The rescue work briefly halted Wednesday as teams tried to find the source of a “sound or tapping” coming from under the shattered concrete slabs, said George’s Mayor Leon Van Wyk. But he acknowledged that time was running out, saying the chances of surviving such an accident drop dramatically after 72 hours.<\/p>\n