In a spectacular display of structural cowardice, a building in La Guaira has decided to collapse in on itself, leaving rescuers to pick through the rubble like disgruntled archaeologists hunting for tragically misplaced souls. The edifice, which had apparently been constructed with all the rigor of a wet biscuit, gave way under the weight of its own inadequacy. Local officials, who had previously signed off on the building's integrity with the enthusiasm of a fart in a spacesuit, now wring their hands and condemn 'substandard materials.
' Substandard materials! As if the bricks themselves made a unilateral decision to betray the laws of physics. Meanwhile, rescue teams dig with the frantic energy of men who have seen too many disaster films and know exactly how this script ends.
The air is thick with dust and the acrid smell of failed bureaucracy. One can only hope the survivors are found before the paperwork buries them.
