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Ghana: Rescuers Still Work in Collapsed Building

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Workers had congregated for morning prayers on the ground floor of the Melcom retail store in northern Accra Wednesday morning at around 9:15 when they heard a "boom, boom, boom" and the five-story building collapsed around them, trapping some 80 people under the rubble and killing at least 17. "Next thing all I could see was darkness," said Lawrence Darkwah from his hospital bed in Accra Saturday. While lying on the ground in the rubble, Darkwah heard an air-conditioner whirring and moved toward it, on the way coming across a head with long hair. He sat on the air-conditioner in the dark. Like many other survivors he couldn't telephone anyone because he had followed protocol for the prayers and left his phone at the door. Ghana's National Disaster Management Organization cited structural weakness as the cause of the collapse of the store, which was being leased by Melcom Ltd.

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Lawrence Darkwah

Overall Sentiment: -0.142626

Relevance: 0.811685

SentimentQuote
-0.257114"Next thing all I could see was darkness," said Lawrence Darkwah ...
-0.101193"I told my branch manager. He later said it was checked and it was just a crack," Darkwah said ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.358307
  • Mean: -0.1791535
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Daniel Hani

Overall Sentiment: -0.0529645

Relevance: 0.459338

SentimentQuote
0Daniel Hani yelled: "No, no, no! He has to stop that!"
0he said, "There could be!"
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 2
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0
  • Mean: 0
  • Standard Deviation: 0

Mahama

Overall Sentiment: -0.365014

Relevance: 0.408633

SentimentQuote
-0.181389"Whoever is responsible for this negligence ... will pay a price," Mahama told ...
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: -0.181389
  • Mean: -0.181389
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Deputy Information Minister Samuel Ablakwa

Overall Sentiment: 0

Relevance: 0.357593

Patrick Timbillah

Overall Sentiment: 0.0229509

Relevance: 0.322223

SentimentQuote
0.230632"This is a wake-up call to everybody" to upgrade country's building code and enforcement mechanisms, said regional police chief Patrick Timbillah.
Sentiment Stats:
  • Number of Quotes: 1
  • Aggregate Sentiment: 0.230632
  • Mean: 0.230632
  • Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Nana Boadu

Overall Sentiment: -0.178998

Relevance: 0.314456

Carl Henry Clerk

Overall Sentiment: -0.136817

Relevance: 0.289027

Amissah-Arthur

Overall Sentiment: -0.412214

Relevance: 0.286867

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Additional Info:

Company: Melcom Ltd.

Overall Sentiment: -0.195345

Relevance: 0.381417

Company: Melcom

Overall Sentiment: -0.0267678

Relevance: 0.373201

Organization: National Disaster Management Organization

Overall Sentiment: -0.486832

Relevance: 0.334927

Country: Ghana

Overall Sentiment: -0.310087

Relevance: 0.768643

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Facility: Melcom retail store

Overall Sentiment: -0.352404

Relevance: 0.611258

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