They ruined their wedding.
A bride and groom and more than 30 guests spent their wedding night in hospital beds after falling 25 feet from the floor of an Italian reception hall.
On January 13, a video from the former Giaccherino Abbey in Pistoia, Tuscany, showed guests dancing and jumping as music blared in the attic, where a large hole suddenly appeared.
Dozens of guests instantly fell to the ground below, as other partygoers gasped and screamed in horror as they stared at them.
Among those who fell were Paolo Mnaini, a newlywed couple from Houston, Texas, and his Italian-American bride, Valerie Ibarra.
“Suddenly I found myself in another dimension, darkness, void” Munyaini said Corriere della Sera.
“I immediately heard a body falling on top of me, along with all kinds of debris, dust, and debris.”
At first, the groom said he didn't know what was going on.
“I was stuck in a scary vortex and couldn't orient myself,” he told a local newspaper.
“Then the next thing I knew, I was in front of my best friend. I called, but there was no answer, and I had a big cut on my head, bleeding a lot of blood. Only then did I begin to understand. I did.
“I started screaming while calling my wife Valerie. She was unresponsive and seemed to disappear. I was worried she was buried in the rubble.”
But later the pair were photographed holding hands next to each other in a hospital bed while Munyani was given an intravenous drip. They were discharged from the hospital the next day, officials said.
37 other people who had attended the wedding were also treated, and 28 remained at the hospital the next day. This was announced by the local health authorities in Tuscany..
Two people, including the child, are in intensive care, but health officials said their injuries are not life-threatening.
Others were being examined for possible fractures, and the pregnant woman who had fallen was being examined by an obstetrician-gynecologist. According to the Corriere della Sera newspaper, she and her future children are expected to survive.
Those left at the scene were horrified by the unexpected collapse.
The groom's father, who did not wish to be named, said: “I'm in shock. I was in the room when I heard the screams and this whole catastrophe happened.” said Corriero Fiorentino.
“I didn't see part of the floor collapse, I saw a hole. There was panic and we looked for places where people had fallen, but they were discovered a few minutes later. I did.”
Jenny, a waitress at the venue, explained, “It was covered in dust and it was difficult to see the full extent of the disaster.''
“I could hear screams and the cries of desperate people,” she said. said Il Messaggero.
Mr Munyani and Mr Ibarra are currently suing the venue, which local prosecutors are investigating for negligent injury and failure to do the necessary work to remove the hazard.
The former convent is currently closed as police investigate its structural integrity. They are seen investigating the boarded-up room where the party took place, where they find a nearly perfect circular hole in the floor.
According to the Corriere della Sera newspaper, this wedding was the first time the former convent used the attic for dancing.
The newspaper said a larger, safer room had previously been used.
However, the venue owner told Report Pistoia They do not understand how the collapse occurred, describing it as a “tragic and unpredictable event”.
They added that they would fully cooperate with any investigation.
