The Church of Mexico, “united in one heart,” asks for prayers to God and the Virgin of Guadalupe for the eternal repose of the eleven people who died and the health of the six dozen wounded who remained that afternoon. of Sunday, December 1, 2023, the collapse of the roof of the Temple of the Holy Cross, in Tamaulipas.

“Let us prayerfully embrace our brothers from Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, and the pastor of this church, the priest Ángel Vargas, in these moments of pain and fear In light of the tragedy, the Diocese of Tampico, located in the Huasteca region of Tamaulipas state, points to networks.

After 3:30 PM on Sunday (3:30 p.m.), the roof of Santa Cruz Church collapsed during a collective baptism ceremony.

The walls of the temple logically collapsed They were trapped under the rubble those visiting the religious site. The moment of the tragic event was recorded by security cameras near the Temple of the Holy Cross.

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As of the morning of Monday, October 2, the collapse had left 11 dead and 60 injured, 51 of whom remain in hospital, according to local authorities.

Priest Ángel Vargas, who was leading Mass at the time of the collapse, told local media that “there were between 80 and 100 people in the area.”

However, Adrián Oseguera, branch president, stated that there were 62 people present and that 8 children needed to be baptized.

This tragedy left eleven people dead: six women, three children and two men. More than 60 people have been injured.

Mexican media

Desperation and salvation against the clock

The people of Ciudad Madero took to the streets to help as volunteers, while authorities arrived with the difficult task of removing the bodies and helping the injured.

The community, said Telemundo Newsknocked down a fence in the middle of the emergency to make way for ambulances and firefighters.

‘Thank God I’m still alive. I ask for all my colleagues present at the Church of the Holy Cross in Ciudad Madero, something ugly that (was) experienced at the baptism of my goddaughter, desperately thanks to that person who supported me in my work, to the traffic and the stands (…) I felt like I wouldn’t be able to see my beautiful family again.to see my mother-in-law and my boyfriend, something like that I can’t explain how we got out“, one survivor, Josefina Ramírez, said on Facebook, published by Infobae.

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Why did the roof of the church collapse?

The event was so sudden that there was no time to evacuate the place, EFE said.

The authorities They ruled out that the collapse was the result of an earthquakereported Noticias Telemundo. Authorities continue to investigate.

According to Infobae, Tamaulipas’ security spokesperson “announced in one of his reports that the collapse has occurred presumably due to structural failurebut without going into more details.”

This medium also emphasizes that a video is circulating “in which you hear that they are doing a ceremony, but it is the shape of the church roof that attracts attention, because in one of the corners you see a crack, although the ‘We’ are. don’t know what the true cause of the structure’s collapse was.”

“The Church had not reported any structural failures. “Everything is recorded and will be investigated,” Oseguera said.

The rubble removal work continued on Monday, October 2.

The journalist Nora Castro, from Aztec information powernoted that the temple was more than 40 years old and had already undergone a series of rehabilitation works.

Grief and prayers

Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador offered his condolences to the families of the fatalities.

On the morning of October 2, the president emphasized – according to EFE – that there is “a lot of solidarity from the people, in addition to the support of the civil protection, local, provincial and federal authorities.”

On social networks, people are very affected and send their prayers:

Elsa Romero: “Father in the name of Jesus, we humbly ask that everyone who is saddened today by the loss of their family and friends, feel their presence in every hug, in every help that arrives at the perfect time. May God, good and merciful, grant rest to those who died there and shine eternal light on them.”

Carilis Sanchez: “Comfort and strength to continue hand in hand with the almighty.”

Clara Baez: “Power for everyone. God will be your comfort in times of loss. “God is our strength in times of loss, crisis and illness.”

Itamar: “May God in His infinite mercy lead you to eternal life and grant those in hospitals/injured people the health their bodies need. Amen”.

(JO)