Worker Dies When Russian Stadium Roof Collapses - Dramatic Footage

[♥ Lily ♥]

Worker Dies When Russian Stadium Roof Collapses

February 2020

A demolition worker died last Friday when the roof of a Russian sports stadium collapsed, authorities said.

Drone footage posted online by the Fontanka media agency shows a worker standing atop the St. Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex when the roof gave way and began to crumble. The man rushes toward another worker inside a cage as the footage pans out and shows the stadium collapse.

The 29-year-old worker, who was identified as Matvey Kucherov, was later found in the rubble, the BBC reported. He was one of four employees cutting metal cables atop the complex. The other worker was reportedly suspended on a crane and escaped alive.

The Russian Emergencies Ministry said other workers were alive and were being questioned. The complex was opened in 1980 for the Summer Olympics in Moscow and hosted various concerts and sports events.

A view of stadium, sports and concert complex Petersburgsky,
collapsed during disassembly of the roof in St.Petersburg, Russia on Friday.
The Peterburgsky stadium, one of the biggest stadiums in Europe,
had been built for the 1980 Moscow Olympics and was being converted into
an ice hockey arena for the 2023 IIHF World Championship.

Warning - graphic video.


https://www.foxnews.com/world/worker...roof-collaspes

[PaleoEuropean]

Very sad, it looks like they should of just tore the thing down to begin with.

[PaleoEuropean]

I don't see how they didn't know releasing that tension would have that effect, I am not an engineer or architect but even I know how tension works especially with old buildings, that would be like doing the same to a railroad track and expecting there not to be a violent reaction when that tension energy is released.

[1GiantLeapForMankind]

In Russia, Stadium demolishes you.

[♥ Lily ♥]

Very sad, it looks like they should of just tore the thing down to begin with.

It was sad to see in the last seconds of his life that he frantically tried to grab onto the cage in which the other man was standing and escaped with his life. A safety lanyard or a body harness would've saved his life.

R.I.P. to him.

[1GiantLeapForMankind]

I don't see how they didn't know releasing that tension would have that effect, I am not an engineer or architect but even I know how tension works especially with old buildings, that would be like doing the same to a railroad track and expecting there not to be a violent reaction when that tension energy is released.

I know right and amazing he didnt have a safety rope to the cage.

[PaleoEuropean]

I know right and amazing he didnt have a safety rope to the cage.

Really absurd, that whole operation was half assed, also weird they had such a small crew for such a big job, usually you have your foremen directing all that, plus support crew and engineers.

[1GiantLeapForMankind]

Really absurd, that whole operation was half assed, also weird they had such a small crew for such a big job, usually you have your foremen directing all that, plus support crew and engineers.

I would have thought a job that big, just rig it with dynomite and blow it up from a safe distance.



Some people are just dumb

[PaleoEuropean]

I would have thought a job that big, just rig it with dynomite and blow it up from a safe distance.



Some people are just dumb

Those guys have more balls than I do or a lot less brains.