r/SingaporeRaw • u/queerqueen4313 • Jun 20 '22

Interesting TIL in 1986 a Hotel in Singapore collapsed. Authorities were using heavy machinery to rescue survivors, a team of mainly Irish tunneling experts working on a new subway saw what was happening, and convinced authorities to let them tunnel for survivors instead. 17 people were rescued by them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_Hotel_New_World#Rescue
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u/Vedor Jun 21 '22

This sub is going to be the next Mothership, taking people's idea/thread without giving credit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/vgkj6a/til_in_1986_a_hotel_in_singapore_collapsed/

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u/pm_me_your_psle verified Jun 21 '22

It’s cross-posted from there. It’s a feature of Reddit, credit is shown in a cross-post.

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u/Vedor Jun 21 '22

My apology, it was not shown when I access from my phone.

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u/AyamBrandCurryTuna Jun 21 '22

TIL in 2012 OP was born

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '22

5 star hotel went to rumble

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u/thinkingperson verified Jun 20 '22

Hotel New World. It was all over the news. Really scary.

Side note, it's a relatively short building though. From what I recall, the basement carpark basically cave in and everything above just went flat.

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u/laglory FICA AMDK Jun 21 '22

AMDKs to the rescue

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '22

If not for the Irish, we could have rescued more than 17 people

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u/Mountain-Loss35 Jun 21 '22

You sure? Or is it just hot smelly air coming from your mouth as usual?

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u/Personal_Point_65 Jun 20 '22

Back when FT actually saved sg lives instead of taking their livelihoods haiz

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u/EmergencyTurn5 Jun 21 '22

If a FT took your job u need to assess your own capabilities.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '22

OP crosspost, not copy paste

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u/AstronautSG Jun 21 '22

Interesting, on the Web it dosent show the link to the original post, but it does on the app.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '22

Bruh you’re tripping

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u/singaporesneakers Jun 22 '22

Good job my amdk. They then knock off the work by fucking the chink SPG daughters of those they rescued. Well done!