A British man has spoken out about his desperate attempt to revive one of the victims of Thursday’s Mallorca beach club collapse.
Mohamma Toure, an expat from Manchester, was selling sunglasses in the street next to the restaurant when he heard the roof collapse.
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Touré, 25, quickly rushed to perform CPR on Abdoulaye Diop, a 44-year-old man named as the first victim of the terrible tragedy.
He told The Mirror: “I was near the bar when I heard the noise and went to help.
“I was doing CPR on [Diop] and after about five minutes the emergency services arrived and did it again for a long time.
“He didn’t know me, but everyone knew him – he was a real gentleman, always helping everyone and no one would say a bad word about him.”
Diop was a Senegalese migrant who lived in Mallorca and worked as a nightclub doorman in the area.
He made headlines on the island in 2017 when he saved a man from drowning and is believed to have stopped by the club after leaving the gym.
Diop was one of four people who died in the horrific collapse, which left 16 others injured and some in critical condition.
Two German tourists, aged 20 and 30, and a 23-year-old Spanish worker were also killed.
CLUB TRAGEDY
The terrace level of the Medusa Beach Club in Playa de Palma collapsed at around 8:30 pm on Thursday night.
Neighbors heard screams and alerted police officers who rushed to the scene.
Nine people were seriously injured and seven were in critical condition after what authorities said was likely caused by an overload of people on the first floor.
The nine survivors being treated at the hospital are Dutch and the nationalities of the rest are unknown.
Dramatic footage from the scene showed the club collapsed as hordes of firefighters and ambulances filled the streets.
Dozens of people consoled themselves on the road as they waited for news.
Witnesses to the horrific tragedy described their terror as they watched the bar collapse into the street as if a “bomb” had gone off.
A grim video showed people screaming, crying and running away, while a body lay lifeless on the sidewalk.
Around 100 rescuers worked through the night searching for anyone trapped under the rubble in what they described as a “nightmare” scene.
Heartbreakingly, emergency services asked people to be quiet so they could hear calls for help from anyone trapped inside.
The vice-president of the Palma Chamber, Javier Bonet, confirmed on Friday morning: “We can now rule out the possibility of there being more victims.
“This morning, at around 2:30 am, firefighters finished removing all the debris and completed the rescue operation.”
Three days of mourning were declared for the victims.
HOW WAS THE COLLAPSE?
Just one day before the Medusa Club tragedy, the popular nightspot opened a new rooftop bar.
The company posted a photo of the renovation on Instagram, with the caption: “Totally different, new roof.”
Local media reported that people were dancing on the terrace before it collapsed, although this has not yet been verified by authorities.
Local residents described the tragedy as an “accident waiting to happen” and fear it could happen again.
Alain Carbonell, president of the Residents’ Association of the S’Arenal neighborhood in Mallorca, said: “We fear that the building may have collapsed due to its age and the fact that it was originally designed for residential and non-tourist use due to the number of people in it. interior.
“There have been two previous cases of building collapses elsewhere in this area.
“This was completely predictable and the worst thing is that it will happen again. We are afraid this will happen again.”
Carbonell made it clear that “checks must be carried out” on any new additions to buildings, amid fears that something similar could happen again.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday evening: “I am closely following the consequences of the terrible landslide that occurred on Palma beach.
“I want to send my condolences to the families of the deceased and my best wishes for a speedy recovery to those injured.”
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