October 22, 2015
A cut-rate demolition contractor was found guilty of manslaughter Monday, more than two years after a towering wall fell on a busy Philadelphia, Pa., thrift store, killing six people. A jury convicted Griffin Campbell of six counts of involuntary manslaughter, …
June 19, 2013
A woman who survived nearly 13 hours in the rubble of a building collapse that killed six people in Philadelphia has lost both legs at the pelvis. The woman’s attorney tells The Philadelphia Inquirer that 52-year-old Mariya Plekan remains hospitalized …
June 11, 2013
The Philadelphia City Council says it plans to form an investigative committee to review city regulations and procedures in the wake of a deadly building collapse. The Council plans to formally announce the creation of the special committee Monday. In …