Proposed auction of building collapse site opens wounds

The surviving victims of the Victoria Street building collapse and their families, as well as the families of the fallen, issued the following statement in response to George Herald's article of 30 October regarding the imminent auction of 75 Victoria Street for another residential development:

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The announcement of the auction being proposed has ripped open raw wounds for the 62 victims' families.

The owner of 75 Victoria Street owes it to the 62 victims to donate the site of the catastrophic tragedy of Monday 6 May 2024 to the people of George.

The scene of the worst man-made disaster in the history of the city should be consecrated to the memory of the 34 innocent lives lost and in atonement to the 28 survivors and all the people of George.

We are not asking for what the law prescribes. We are asking for what is morally right. If our city's moral compass is in place, then anything is possible.