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School roof collapses
School roof collapses
Milwaukee Jewish Day School ceiling collapse
FOX POINT -- A roof collapse made for some scary moments at the Milwaukee Jewish Day School in Fox Point on Friday, Aug. 23. Only a minute after the room was evacuated, steel beams and debris came crashing down.
"Probably the most important thing is that it happened when it did. It's probably a blessing in disguise because school hadn't started yet," said Dan Tyk, North Shore Fire Department.
Dan Tyk of the North Shore Fire Department, says two staff members were inside a classroom in the north building.
"I believe they were teachers working in the room, getting things ready for kids coming back to school in a week-and-a-half. They heard some creaking or some abnormal noises coming from the room, and they called security and building maintenance," Tyk said.
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Moments after leaving the room, they heard the crash.
Dan Tyk
"The entire ceiling just came down. So much so that even some people in the basement could hear and feel the shake of the boom," Tyk said. "Anybody who had been under that would have suffered severe injury or potentially been killed."
It's still not known what caused the truss to cave.
"I give huge kudos for the staff in there recognizing something wasn't right and getting the right people there and getting everybody out," said Tyk.
The Milwaukee Jewish Federation released the following statement on the incident:
The Milwaukee Jewish Federation issued this updated statement Monday, Aug. 26: