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An investigator takes a photo Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014 of a balcony that collapsed around midnight Saturday in the Rittenhouse Square section of Philadelphia, killing a young man and injuring two women, police said. Police say a 22-year-old man who suffered severe head and neck injuries in the fall was pronounced dead at a hospital early Sunday morning. The two women are in their 20s and suffered broken bones in their backs. They are listed in stable condition at two city hospitals. The man and two women, who were attending a birthday party, had stepped out onto the balcony to smoke cigarettes when the collapse occurred, authorities said. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
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Firefighters gather outside the historic John C. Bell building where a balcony collapsed around midnight Saturday in the Rittenhouse Square section of Philadelphia, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, killing a young man and injuring two women, police said. Police say a 22-year-old man who suffered severe head and neck injuries in the fall was pronounced dead at a hospital early Sunday morning. The two women are in their 20s and suffered broken bones in their backs. They are listed in stable condition at two city hospitals. The man and two women, who were attending a birthday party, had stepped out onto the balcony to smoke cigarettes when the collapse occurred, authorities said. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
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The fire escape landing that collapsed around midnight Saturday is seen in the Rittenhouse Square section of Philadelphia, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. Authorities say three people were injured, one critically, when a fire escape landing collapsed and fell four stories. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
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Firefighters look up at a fourth-floor balcony Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014 that collapsed at the historic John C. Bell building around midnight Saturday in the Rittenhouse Square section of Philadelphia, killing a young man and injuring two women, police said. Police say a 22-year-old man who suffered severe head and neck injuries in the fall was pronounced dead at a hospital early Sunday morning. The two women are in their 20s and suffered broken bones in their backs. They are listed in stable condition at two city hospitals. The man and two women, who were attending a birthday party, had stepped out onto the balcony to smoke cigarettes when the collapse occurred, authorities said. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
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Firefighters look at a fourth-floor balcony Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014 that collapsed at the historic John C. Bell building around midnight Saturday in the Rittenhouse Square section of Philadelphia, killing a young man and injuring two women, police said. Police say a 22-year-old man who suffered severe head and neck injuries in the fall was pronounced dead at a hospital early Sunday morning. The two women are in their 20s and suffered broken bones in their backs. They are listed in stable condition at two city hospitals. The man and two women, who were attending a birthday party, had stepped out onto the balcony to smoke cigarettes when the collapse occurred, authorities said. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
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Firefighters gather in an alley Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014 after a fourth-floor balcony collapsed late Saturday at the historic John C. Bell building in the Rittenhouse Square section of Philadelphia, killing a young man and injuring two women, police said. Police say a 22-year-old man who suffered severe head and neck injuries in the fall was pronounced dead at a hospital early Sunday morning. The two women are in their 20s and suffered broken bones in their backs. They are listed in stable condition at two city hospitals. The man and two women, who were attending a birthday party, had stepped out onto the balcony to smoke cigarettes when the collapse occurred, authorities said. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek)
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Freedom Industries, a chemical storage facility, in Charleston, W.Va., is shown on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. A chemical leak at the plant on Thursday has prompted a state of emergency for parts of nine West Virginia counties after contaminating water that was taken in from the nearby Elk River. (AP Photo/Charleston Daily Mail, Bob Wojcieszak)
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A sign outside the Red Carpet, a bar popular with Capitol employees, notifying customers it's closed because of a chemical spill that caused a do-not-use order for the water supply in the capital and surrounding areas on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)
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Signs explain Kanawha County (W.Va.) Health Department's mandatory closure of businesses serving food and drink in Charleston, W.Va. on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Coal processing chemicals from Freedom Industries spilled into the Elk River on Thursday. A handful of people have been hospitalized since the spill. (AP Photo/Michael Switzer)
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People fill containers with fresh water at a West Virginia National Guard distribution center in Charleston, W.Va. on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Coal processing chemicals from Freedom Industries spilled into the Elk River on Thursday, affecting the local tap water. A handful of people have been hospitalized since the spill. (AP Photo/Michael Switzer)
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Signs explain Kanawha County (W.Va.) Health Department's mandatory closure of businesses serving food and drink in Charleston, W.Va. on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Coal processing chemicals from Freedom Industries spilled into the Elk River on Thursday. A handful of people have been hospitalized since the spill. (AP Photo/Michael Switzer)
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Members of the West Virginia Army National Guard, along with a member of the Belle Police Department and a volunteer, offload emergency water from a military truck to a forklift as citizens line up for water at the Belle Fire Department, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, in Belle, W.Va. About 300,000 people Saturday entered their third day of not being able to take showers and wash clothes. Officials remain unclear when it might be safe again. Federal authorities began investigating how the foaming agent escaped the Freedom Industries plant and seeped into the Elk River. Just how much of the chemical leaked into the river was not yet known. (AP Photo/The Daily Mail, Marcus Constantino)
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Supermarket shelves which contained bottled water stand empty as residents stock up on drinking water across Kanawha County (W.Va.) in Charleston, W.Va. on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Coal processing chemicals from Freedom Industries spilled into the Elk River on Thursday. A handful of people have been hospitalized since the spill. Residents were asked to use their water only for flushing toilets. The West Virginia National Guard was sent to distribute fresh water in the area. (AP Photo Michael Switzer)
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The Kanawha County Public Library (W.Va.) was forced to close as were other local businesses were forced to stop serving food and drink by the county health department in Charleston, W.Va. on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Coal processing chemicals from Freedom Industries spilled into the Elk River on Thursday. A handful of people have been hospitalized since the spill. (AP Photo/Michael Switzer)
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In this photo provided by David Torres, a firefighter from the New York City Fire Department shoots water through second floor window of a Citibank branch as several FDNY companies battle a five alarm fire in the Manhattan borough of New York City, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/David Torres)
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In this photo provided by David Torres, flames shoot from a window of a burning Citibank branch as members of the New York City Fire Department battle a five alarm blaze in the Manhattan borough of New York City, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/David Torres)
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In this photo provided by Robert F. Rodriguez, members of the New York City Fire Department battle a blaze in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. The blaze gutted a Citibank branch and heavily damaged a popular neighborhood delicatessen. (AP Photo/Robert F. Rodriguez)
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In this photo provided by Robert F. Rodriguez, several New York City Fire Department companies and EMS personnel respond to a fire in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. A Citibank branch on Broadway and W. 111 St. was totally gutted by the fire. In addition, a popular deli and neighborhood institution for over 20 years, Samad Gourmet, may have sustained heavy water damage. (AP Photo/Robert F. Rodriguez)
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This undated image provided by Serialtek.com shows Dale Smith, who was killed in the wreckage of a small plane that crashed in Idaho more than a month ago, killing Smith, a Silicon Valley executive and four others aboard. The wreckage of the plane was located Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, in the central Idaho mountains following a persistent online and ground search that included the pilot's brother, officials and family members said. Authorities had suspended the official search for the aircraft in mid-December, but volunteers, including friends and family, continued with a private search. (AP Photo/Serialtek.com)
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West Ham United's Roger Johnson, center, collides with teammate Guy Demel, right, during their English Premier League soccer match against Cardiff City in Cardiff, Wales, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Nick Potts, PA Wire)
