©1988 Volunteer rescuers comb the rubble of the Amigo store in downtown Brownsville Texas where on July 8, 1988 a heave rain cause the collapse of the building, killing 14 people. Engineers determined faulty construction on adding a third story as the cause of the collapse.

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