The San Paulo, Brazil World Cup Stadium suffered major structural damage when a crane collapsed. The crane was supposed to be putting on the final piece of roofing when it snapped in the middle, causing a huge setback for the stadium. Two people were killed in the collapse, and there is a possible third fatality that is yet to be verified. The third person is thought to be trapped in the rubble, and is possiby dead. However, these claims haven't been verified yet by CNN. The stadium was actually on schedule and is very close to being finished, which is pretty rare in terms of World Cup stadiums as they are usually behind. They don't believe that this will hurt Brazil holding the opening ceremony or delay that in any way. This will definitely set back the plans of the stadium, but it'll more than likely be completed in time for the World Cup in 2014.
This news was big to me because I absolutely love to watch the World Cup. It's so sad to hear that this happened so close to game time, and that they were almost ready; but at least they weren't already behind schedule! That would have made it even more difficult if they were as behind schedule as other World Cup stadiums.
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