Witnesses Who Watched a Brooklyn Building Come Crashing Down Felt Helpless Amid the Chaos
Officials said 18 others were injured as firefighters searched through debris and nearby construction activity was being examined.
- A building in Brooklyn collapsed without warning on Wednesday afternoon, killing eight people including two children and injuring 18 others, including four firefighters assisting with rescue efforts.
- Witnesses reported loud banging and falling bricks from an adjacent construction site throughout Wednesday before the structure crashed down. Dervie Mapp, a 67-year-old retiree, watched helplessly as debris rained onto the lot.
- New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed two construction workers were among the dead, including 26-year-old Jos Luis Caguana Cosquillo, an immigrant from Ecuador. His brother Carlos Caguana told WNBC-TV he was "the sole provider for the family."
- Rescue crews continued searching through debris on Thursday, sifting through mattresses and personal belongings to reach survivors. Mamdani praised construction workers who "began clawing through the wreckage to free survivors," crediting their swift actions with saving lives.
- Mayor Mamdani described the victims as "parents and children, young families building their lives in our city and immigrants from Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Trinidad and beyond." The collapse left adjacent apartments exposed, with closets and bedrooms visible to onlookers.
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Witnesses who watched a Brooklyn building come crashing down felt helpless amid the chaos
NEW YORK (AP) — The loud popping sounds outside alarmed Dervie Mapp enough to make her bolt out of bed. She ran to the kitchen window of her Brooklyn apartment and looked out across the construction site next door.
Witnesses who watched a Brooklyn building come crashing down felt help
NEW YORK (AP) — Before the screams started, Dervie Mapp heard loud popping noises outside her Brooklyn apartment. She bolted out of bed to the kitchen window and watched as a neighboring building came crashing down, raining
In Brooklyn, a search and rescue operation continues at the site of the collapse of a three-story apartment building
In Brooklyn, a search and rescue operation continues at the site of the collapse of a three-story apartment building.According to New York City Fire Department Commissioner Lilian Bonsignore, rescuers are using heavy machinery to lift large debris and...
Brooklyn Building Collapse: New Video Shows Horrifying Scene From Inside
The terrifying moment a Brooklyn building partially collapsed was caught on a Ring camera ... showing a massive cloud of dust and debris swallowing everything in its path. The video, shared by News 12 New York, reveals the chaos unfolding Wednesday…
Not only did the accident in Brooklyn, New York (USA) cause a three-story building to collapse, it also destroyed a section of the wall of the adjacent building, exposing bedrooms, closets, and living spaces inside the apartments.
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