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Denton Officials to Apartment Complexes: Secure "Decorative" Balconies
Posted on Sep 14, 2011
John Cabrales, a public information officer for the City of Denton, stated that the City is contacting apartment complexes in Denton, TX. According to reports, the City is asking Denton, TX apartment complexes to inspect and/or secure access to any other balconies similar to the one involved in the balcony collapse at The Grove on September 2nd that injured three men. A news report quotes an unidentified source at Harris Methodist Hospital who says that Tony Garcia, Grant Draper and Garrett Draper, the three men injured in the balcony collapse at The Grove, are now in good condition. But they remain hospitalized.
In his statement, Mr. Cabrales refers to balconies like the one that collapsed under the three men in Denton, TX as "guard rails." Use of this term in this context could tacitly recognize that safe "guard rails" generally prevent people from falling, rather than hasten their fall. After the balcony collapse at The Grove, spokespersons for the Denton, TX apartment complex and for its parent company insisted that the balconies were purely "decorative," "non-weight bearing" structures that couldn't hold the weight of three adults. The City of Denton, seeks to identify other potentially "non-weight bearing" structures and secure them from access before further balcony collapse accidents injure further Denton, TX apartment dwellers. Denton is a city of students and colleges. Acting to protect the safety of its student population also benefits Denton and its artistically and academically rich culture.
We are cheered to hear that the 3 young men injured in the balcony collapse at The Grove continue to heal, and we hope they each make a full recovery. Perhaps their role in bringing attention to a dangerous problem and engendering a movement to protect others' safety will help speed their healing process. We hope so. They may not have realized it yet, but in a way, they've become heroes.
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