When Rev. Ben Martin heard part of the ceiling collapsed in Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church's sanctuary on July 21, he imagined a piece here or a piece there missing. But when he walked in and saw the scale, he was shocked.

Video posted to Wesley Monumental's website shows the moment of collapse, where a chunk of ceiling barreled toward the ground in a cloud of dust. Roof shards blanketed pews from the sanctuary's second level to the main floor and rubble littered spaces all around.

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