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Joy filled a crowded Jerusalem wedding until the third-floor dance hall collapsed, triggering a deadly progressive failure that exposed years of shortcuts and ignored warnings. We trace the engineering decisions, the human stories, and the slow path to accountability and reform.

• PAL-KAL method and rapid-build culture
• design change from roof to occupied floor
• added then removed supports and load paths
• visible sagging, cracks, and floor bounce
• collapse sequence and progressive failure
• rescue operations and medical impact
• legal classification and compensation terms
• Versailles Law and Zieler Committee findings
• owner convictions and engineer sentences
• memory, ethics, and safer event spaces

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