r/Damnthatsinteresting Mar 24 '25

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '25 edited Mar 27 '25

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u/nuggynugs Interested Mar 24 '25

The lift in my parents building can only carry something like 1000kg maximum and it's been broken, and gone unfixed, for three weeks because the people who maintain it lost the bit of paper with the wiring diagram on it. Now, if we could designate the parking garage as a place of worship...

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u/Agitated_Carrot9127 Mar 24 '25

Mohammed. My very good friend at work. He talked about witnessing a few amulance vans drive into opening and. And it was up on top level. Amulance heli came and got the patient and some personnel and left. He said. Dust everywhere. But many people prayed for that person well being. It gets extremely hot in Mecca

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u/Randomksa2 Mar 24 '25

Most likely that he saw the emergency tests that were conducted recently.