Huh. I only thought this sort of thing happened in shithole countries.
Firefighters dug through the rubble of a three-story building in Brooklyn on Wednesday after it collapsed at the edge of a construction site, killing at least one person and trapping others beneath the wreckage.
Firefighters were called to the scene in the borough’s Flatbush section at about 4pm. News helicopter footage showed dozens of firefighters scouring the debris, with a group homing in on one area and appearing to use a saw to cut through the wreckage.
One person died, and four others were rushed to a hospital in critical condition, according to the New York City fire department. Six additional people were taken to hospitals with minor injuries.
The aerial videos showed firefighters digging at least one person out of the rubble and removing them on a stretcher.
Omg, how awful. This was a lived-in building, not new construction or an abandoned building? I see I think closets full of clothes? Any word on other survivors?
Apparently the site next door was being excavated, with the building falling into it, and on the other side of the excavation the side of the building fell off, exposing the floors…