Disaster in Mallorca: Heroic migrant among four killed

The two-story Medusa Beach Club building in Palma de Mallorca collapsed. The incident occurred on Thursday at around 2:30 PM Eastern Time. At least four people lost their lives, and sixteen were injured.

According to information provided by the British newspaper The Sun, the fatalities included two German tourists, a migrant from Senegal, and his friend.

Abdoulaye Diop became the first identified victim of the tragedy. He was a Senegalese migrant living in Mallorca. He worked as a porter in a local nightclub. According to witnesses, after a gym workout, he went to the Medusa Beach Club on the seaside promenade, where the building collapsed.

According to The Sun, Abdoulaye Diop was renowned as a hero in the local community. In 2017, he made the front pages of Mallorca's newspapers after saving a drowning man.

The terrace of the Medusa building in Playa de Palma collapsed on Thursday evening. About 100 rescue workers fought through the night, trying to save people trapped under the building's remains. As a result of the building collapse, four people were killed.

Witnesses say that many customers, including foreign tourists, were on the restaurant's terrace at the time of the incident.

"The first floor terrace has collapsed, probably due to excess weight although it’s still under investigation, and it’s impacted on an arch below which has also come down and affected the basement where there was a table football table and there were people eating," The Sun reported. One resident said the sound of the collapse was like a bomb. People who survived were comforting each other on the street. Psychologists were also called to the scene.

Emergency services are still on-site. The search continues in the basement of the restaurant, which also collapsed.