
New York building collapse kills 8, including 2 children
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New York building collapse kills 8, including 2 children
New York officials say they've ended their rescue operations at the site of a collapsed building in Brooklyn and that there are no more victims inside. The collapse killed at least eight people, including two children, and injured dozens more. William Brangham reports.
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New York building collapse kills 8, including 2 children
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New York officials say they've ended their rescue operations at the site of a collapsed building in Brooklyn and that there are no more victims inside. The collapse killed at least eight people, including two children, and injured dozens more. William Brangham reports.
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The collapse killed at least eight people including two children and injured dozens more.
William Brangham has the latest.
This has been a devastating evening and morning for our city.
For much of today, at times in the pouring rain, rescuers searched for any remaining survivors still trapped beneath the rubble.
It followed an allnight effort where canine units, drones, and rescue workers searched around the clock while residents desperately hoped their loved ones would be found.
The building is pregnant.
Later, firefighters pulled that man's wife from the rubble.
Still covered in debris and critically injured, but alive.
I have an update for my from my wife.
She is alive.
The collapse occurred yesterday afternoon.
Plumes of smoke filled the sky after the three-story building in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn fell over.
What was once there with the red awning, a slim row of apartments collapsing into the deep pit created by a construction site right next door.
Exterior walls of the adjoining apartments were also ripped away, exposing the neighbors closets and bedrooms.
Officials say the construction site next to the building had an active permit for excavation and foundation work on the lot, but New York City Mayor Zoron Mdani said he was quote incredibly troubled by reports that cracks were visible on the side of the collapsed building days earlier and said the city's investigation was ongoing.
If there is anyone or any entity operating in this city that bears responsibility for what happened, we will hold them fully accountable.
The mayor also praised firefighters who he said responded within 1 minute of the first 911 call and the construction teams on site who leapt into action.
I want to thank all those who did not hesitate to help.
Those who ran towards danger when this building collapsed and in the hours afterwards.
Construction workers who had only barely survived themselves turned back and dug victims out of the rubble.
People are alive today because of their heroism yesterday.
Mom Donnie also said the city would conduct a wide sweep and inspect 100 other construction sites across the city in the wake of this disaster.
For the PBS NewsHour, I'm William Brangham.
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