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There are people who are so valuable that they become needs," "Professor Norma" wrote in a piece of paper to one of her students. Norma Gladys Nieto (61) taught biology at the National School of Bahía Blanca and was one of the 13 people who died on Saturday night when a wall collapsed in the Bahiense del Norte club, in the middle of a violent storm.
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I regret to inform the entire community of the National School of Bahía Blanca that the most excellent teacher Norma Nieto has died in the tragic collapse at the Bahiense del Norte club. As your former student and friend from the neighborhood, it is with great pain that I say goodbye and remember the great teacher Norma. RIP," Luis Testoni wrote in the Facebook group of the alumni of the establishment, in which she had also studied.
There, all the comments were of sadness and pain. "Very good teacher," they agreed about the woman, who had a 56-year-old sister.
One of her friends, Laura Muñoz, wrote: "Norma Nieto, I will carry you in my heart and mind always. My pillar in our beloved Colegio Nacional, and the rest of the years that we continue to share life through social media."
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I just hope you knew how much I loved you and how important you were to me, from the first day I met you through my brother Martín Muñoz. I can't believe I'm writing this, Normita dear."
Nieto, who was single and had no children, had completed her degree in Biological Sciences at the National University of the South in 1987. She was a lover of flowers and travel, according to her Facebook account.
Norma Gladys Nieto (61), one of the 13 victims of the collapse of a wall at the Bahienses del Norte club, in Bahía Blanca. Pictured, in the middle of a cruise ship, in 2012.
The disaster occurred Saturday night at the Club Bahiense del Norte, historically linked to former basketball player Emanuel "Manu" Ginobili and his family.
Initially, it was reported that the roof had collapsed, but in reality what collapsed was a wall of the gymnasium towards a grandstand, when a New Year's Eve skating festival was about to take place, causing the death of 13 people and injuring 14 others.
The deceased are, in addition to Nieto, Juliana Barquero (who turned 52 on Sunday), Rubén Baldi, Benicio Baldi (minor), Adriana María Contento (63), María Laura Rodríguez, Federico Duo (44), Diego Carrasco, Juana Danszyt (67), Luis Pérez, Rosa Figueroa, Braian Ortega and Diego Cassati (45).
The gymnasium of the Bahiense del Norte club, where a wall collapsed and crushed several people. Photo: Fernando De la Orden.
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There are five people in intensive care, all stable," Buenos Aires Health Minister Nicolas Kreplak said Monday.
As a result of the tragedy, Mayor Federico Susbielles decreed 72 hours of mourning and set up a Crisis Committee together with Buenos Aires authorities. On Sunday, President Javier Milei, Governor Axel Kicillof and National Ministers Patricia Bullrich (Security) and Luis Petri (Defense), among others, were in the city.
Likewise, more than 35% of homes had recovered electricity service by this time, which was cut off throughout the city during the storm, which had gusts of up to 140 kilometers per hour.
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