The collapse is, as of this writing, about to claim its seventh victim, Meagan Toothman, 24, a high school cheerleading coach from Cincinnati. (On Aug. 22, her organs were being harvested for transplant.) Much of it will focus on the construction of the temporary stage itself, which could not withstand a 70 mph wind gust, and fell forward onto the crowd.

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The buildings department said a high gust of wind was likely in part to blame, although the crane should have been designed to withstand the 80 to 100 mile per hour winds during the storm.

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The Design: The British built the original 1902 structure to withstand both weather and pirates, with heavy metal shutters on the windows and deep porticos to protect from wind and heat.

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