Parking garage ceiling collapses at Atrium Mall

wife just called, they are evacuating the mall.

My dog howled when the sirens went by.

I was at the mall when it happend. I have a cellphone picture from inside. Loud noise! The mall didn't evacuate however. I thought that was strange

No, I wasn't

Yes. I am lying under rubble. please help.

I think the use of the word collapse is improperly and grossly over used in stories like this. The roof did not collapse, a piece of drywall fell. If the roof had collapsed, there would be a lot more carnage.

Obviously the media uses it to create excitement, but I'm tired of how the "news" is portrayed these days (and that is an understatement).

-Ben

My earlier comment still stands. The story lead still says that the roof collapsed. It didn't and to say so is irresponsible journalism. You affect businesses unnecessarily and by extension peoples' incomes and jobs.

How fortunate no one was hurt. I have always thought that was the poorest strcuture ever ! There is literally a support column in between every single parking space. What did they build that mall on? A field of marshmallows?!?!

Wow, what a misleading headline to a story about nothing.

There is a huge difference between a 'roof collapse' and a drywall ceiling collapse. Your headline reflects poorly on your grasp of the problem.

"It’s an inconvenience, but it’s not a big deal. No one got hurt,”

Not a big deal because no one shops at malls anymore. That is so 1980's.

ok but i dont get it how could it fall it was a said thing

I'm very glad no one was hurt. Its a very nice mall, the shops in general are too expensive but the restaurants are reasonable and its a fun place for small kids to walk around. I love getting a new book for my toddler at Borders after a lunch at Bertucci's. I fear that the mall won't survive the bad press from this incident, which will be too bad - I enjoyed bringing my daughter there. That said, I certainly don't plan to go there this weekend like I otherwise might have.

Just waiting for the classy comments to roll in from cyberspace.

Mall garage roof collapses = "a small area of drywall over a few parking spaces has fallen onto a couple of cars "

I drove by trying to actually go to the Atrium around 11:30 and was so annoyed I couldn't get in! I thought it was just a kitchen fire and it would blow over, but I guess not. Glad to hear that no one got hurt. Still annoyed though - I really need to do some Christmas shopping :-)

I reported to the mall manager a week ago or so that it looked like a specific section of the mall garage looked like it was going to collapse. I was concerned about it then as someone could have been seriously injured...I wonder if it's the same section...and thank God no one was hurt.

Newspaper editors love to exagerate their article titles in order to sell newspapers. The title makes it sound as though there was a catrophic structural collapse. After reading article you find out that some ceiling drywall fell on some cars. I am glad no one got hurt, but this is another example of yellow journalism.

If what fell was dry wall, why is this a news story? Dry wall crumbles and falls when there is any prolonged leakage, and we are all used to seeing wet spots on the ceilings of parking garages, so that's about as newsworthy as, say, wall paper peeling.

Chicken little appears to have a career in journalism at the Globe

Are you kidding me? Mall garage roof collapses = a small area of drywall over a few parking spaces has fallen onto a couple of cars = It’s an inconvenience, but it’s not a big deal. Must be a slow news day. Nothing better to sensationalize

The ceiling falling and dry wall falling is quiet a big difference, when people say ceiling falling I think of the big dig tunnel, not a piece of drywall in a garage.

Kudos to the other readers who have commented on the story's headline and content. Irresponsibility aside, there must come a point when you, as the media, have to make a decision between using provocativeness to increase web traffic and print sales, and staying credible. I'm in the construction industry, and can say that there is enough misunderstanding of construction materials and procedures by those who do not work in the industry, and serious historical incidents of true roof collapses, that you do no one any service by spreading such a sloppy piece of quasi-tabloid journalism. Leave the "mothers with baby strollers" junk out and report the news.

And I'm sure the follow-up headline will go something like: Car Owners Devastated following Near Fatal Mall Disaster....

my car got crushed. it was not just drywall that fell. i saw large steel beams as well. i agree that the headline is sensationalistic, but the mall people are really spinning this one hard as well. why wouldn't they? it's christmas shopping season.

I was on my way to my car when this event happened and rounded a corner to metal, dust, and what appeared to be electrical wires caving into my car. I can say for sure that this event involved more than just "drywall", especially since my car looked to be demolished by the materials that fell.

I was on my way to my car when this event happened and rounded a corner to metal, dust, and what appeared to be electrical wires caving into my car. I can say for sure that this event involved more than just "drywall", especially since my car looked to be demolished by the materials that fell.

Maybe it has to do with the Mass Board of Build Regulations and Standards. The bbrs did get considerable testimony during their Sept 9, 2008 monthly hazardous ceilings. This testimony was brought to their attention by Acushnet Fire Chief Gallegher. It had to do with glued drywall ceilings. Tom Reily of DPS was present. This can be found on their website. Maybe its time for the Governor to look into this board and make some changes.

when can we see pix so we can decide for ourselves?!!!!