GEORGE TOWN: Mohamad Ikhthiar, 38, had just walked out of his work area in Bayan Lepas here when the earth shook with a loud rumble. And then, everything came tumbling down.
Right before his eyes, large concrete beams, along with thousands of rods from scaffolding supports in the mid section of the building, crashed down, bringing down with them several of his fellow workers and burying them underneath.
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