{"id":138504,"date":"2025-04-11T13:34:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T13:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/11\/new-video-shows-guard-giving-a-warning-before-nightclub-roof-collapse\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T13:34:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T13:34:54","slug":"new-video-shows-guard-giving-a-warning-before-nightclub-roof-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/11\/new-video-shows-guard-giving-a-warning-before-nightclub-roof-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"New Video Shows Guard Giving a Warning Before Nightclub Roof Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Dominican Republic Club Tragedy<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Guard Makes Hand Gesture, Shines Flashlight &#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-titlecase h2\">Moments Before Roof Collapse<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-04-11T06:08:13-07:00\">April 11, 2025 6:08 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-6fcd5aac1f8ff60902f73bc59a763c10\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-b1a0dded-5b1a-4a52-b60a-573ca6febddb-420485298-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-b1a0dded-5b1a-4a52-b60a-573ca6febddb-420485298-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content material<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/79\/16by9\/2025\/04\/11\/7960dd847db9478b92dc6bd2f8d92114_md.jpg\" alt=\"041125_security_guard_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6fcd5aac1f8ff60902f73bc59a763c10--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-704ce20e384d513835cb528f80ae8d99\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>A safety guard tried to provide a heads as much as the band enjoying onstage proper earlier than the roof collapsed on the Dominican Republic nightclub that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/10\/world\/americas\/dominican-republic-nightclub-collapse-deaths.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>killed 221 individuals<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-704ce20e384d513835cb528f80ae8d99--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f6e27a6dd8de3af5f403c156647067ad\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>New video surfaced displaying the moments earlier than Tuesday&#8217;s early morning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/09\/dominican-republic-jet-set-nightclub-roof-collapse-death-toll-rises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>tragedy at Jet Set Club in Santo Domingo<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; and the guard wearing a darkish swimsuit is seen on the facet of the stage as merengue star <strong>Rubby P\u00e9rez<\/strong> performs in entrance of a packed crowd.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f6e27a6dd8de3af5f403c156647067ad--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-5b770b1fcdbc514fb7eb74ab16009eaa\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-5b770b1fcdbc514fb7eb74ab16009eaa--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-56c1c25563f58970d42e23c59cc8091f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In the clip, the guard gestures at band members behind P\u00e9rez, then he shines a flashlight at them and says one thing. After that, the guard factors the flashlight on the roof simply earlier than it collapses.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-56c1c25563f58970d42e23c59cc8091f--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0617fd73dbe3bb531bcc9fb92d09063a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250411_eefcac7089ab42d698f449562ed23779\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:6416baa6-9790-4e22-975a-ebe45ef20169\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ee\/4by3\/2025\/04\/11\/eefcac7089ab42d698f449562ed23779_md.jpg\" alt=\"041125-security-guard-laser\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0617fd73dbe3bb531bcc9fb92d09063a--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f89ad2b28a7152a9598251ac8363a831\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Other footage captures concertgoers frantically making an attempt to flee the debris-filled membership after the roof fell.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f89ad2b28a7152a9598251ac8363a831--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bbd3599fc072e37c8d803b60fd899ed4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Perez, 15-year former MLB veteran <strong>Octavio Dotel<\/strong> and Monte Cristi governor and ex-MLB All-Star<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/nelson-cruz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Nelson Cruz<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s sister <strong>Nelsy Cruz<\/strong> died within the collapse.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bbd3599fc072e37c8d803b60fd899ed4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-17b7c11fd7ee75d241a5615404c5c0f6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250411_e08ce23cf53c4c2ca9cbdb990a92a738\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:6416baa6-9790-4e22-975a-ebe45ef20169\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e0\/4by3\/2025\/04\/11\/e08ce23cf53c4c2ca9cbdb990a92a738_md.jpg\" alt=\"nelson and nelsy cruz 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-17b7c11fd7ee75d241a5615404c5c0f6--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-8865fede5dadb6aef6e6095e8b8ae492\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Dominican Republic President <strong>Luis Abinader<\/strong> visited the scene to supply hugs and help to these trying to find family and friends. Rescue crews sifted by the rubble and located 189 survivors.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-8865fede5dadb6aef6e6095e8b8ae492--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b0e75ae08d8b383f602d7a0967a5fdcf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The explanation for the roof collapse is underneath investigation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b0e75ae08d8b383f602d7a0967a5fdcf--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Dominican Republic Club Tragedy Guard Makes Hand Gesture, Shines Flashlight &#8230; Moments Before Roof Collapse Published April 11, 2025 6:08 AM PDT Play video content material A safety guard tried to provide a heads as much as the band enjoying onstage proper earlier than the roof collapsed on the Dominican Republic nightclub that killed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[8889,3199,2876,7855,8969,264,140,189],"class_list":{"0":"post-138504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-collapse","9":"tag-giving","10":"tag-guard","11":"tag-nightclub","12":"tag-roof","13":"tag-shows","14":"tag-video","15":"tag-warning"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}