According to officials, a person was working on the 7th floor when the balcony above collapsed.
The collapse happened at about 2:20 p.m. at the Spinnaker South Tower condo building on the 3600 block of the Boardwalk.
According to officials, a man was working on the seventh floor when the balcony above collapsed. Officials recovered his body just before 10 p.m. Friday. The victim has been identified as 43-year-old Jose Pereira of Philadelphia. He was pronounced dead at the scene.Officials said two other workers were on the eighth floor at the time of the collapse."It's just this loud, horrible crash," Fiocchi said."It makes me sick because I heard them scream twice. The first time when the incident happened, and the last time and then he stopped screaming," Fiocchi said.
To get to the victim, the emergency responders cut through about 12 inches of concrete. Through that cut, a concrete slab was lifted by using heavy lift airbags. Once the concrete was lifted, Pereira was recovered.The incident is currently under investigation by Sea Isle Police Detectives, with assistance from the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office and Occupational Safety and Health Administration .
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