Memorial grows in Washington Heights for victims of Santo Domingo roof collapse

Memorial Mass Held to Honor Victims of Dominican Republic Nightclub Tragedy

Parishioners gathered at Mass for the victims of the Jet Set nightclub building collapse in Santo Domingo hold the flag of the Dominican Republic. (Photos: Marietha Góngora V.) by Marietha Góngora V. CYPRESS HILLS — At a Mass to honor the victims of a recent nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic, Bishop Octavio Cisneros highlighted the need for the diocese’s Dominican community to accompany all those who were affected.  “We are not D…

By Verónica Calderón, Sophie Tanno and Ana Melgar, CNN The death toll from the roof collapse of the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo on April 8 has risen to 232, after the Dominican Republic's National Health Service (SNS) reported the death of a 46-year-old patient nearly 10 days after the incident. The man, whose identity is not mentioned in the statement distributed by the SNS, died in the Intensive Care Unit of the Darío Contreras Traumato…

Memorial grows in Washington Heights for victims of Santo Domingo roof collapse

In Washington Heights, locals are still mourning and working through a collective sense of grief for the victims.

NJ Flags Lowered for Jet Set Nightclub Roof Collapse Victims in Santo Domingo - Utica Phoenix

TRENTON — Acting Governor Way today signed Executive Order No. 385, ordering U.S. and New Jersey flags to fly at half-staff on Monday, April 21, 2025, in recognition and mourning of the lives lost due to the roof collapse at  Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.  In the early morning hours of April 8, 2025, the roof of the historic Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo collapsed, claiming the lives of at least 226 people and inju…

On the morning of Good Friday, citizens gathered outside the Jet Set nightclub to pay tribute to the victims of the tragedy that occurred on April 8, in an atmosphere marked by faith, silence and recollection. With flowers, candles and prayers, those present said an Our Father and a Hail Mary in memory of the 232 people who lost their lives. Although most were strangers to each other, they shared the same sentiment: to accompany the pain with re…

Dominican Republic – Deaths from the collapse of the roof of a discotheque almost two weeks ago in Santo Domingo are still on the rise and amount to 232 after the death of a person who was admitted to a health center, the Dominican National Health Service (SNS) reported Thursday. According to a statement from the SNS, this is a 46-year-old patient who was in the Intensive Care Unit of a trauma hospital in Santo Domingo, who had been injured in t…