How terrible! This is a genealogist’s nightmare. I wonder what caused the building to collapse and why it wasn’t noticed that it was ready to collapse before it did?
Work was being done on a new subway line under the street on which the building stood. The roof of the subway construction site also collapsed Tuesday, but officials said they did not believe anyone was trapped in there.
Subway project leader Rolf Papst also said there had been no major tunneling work done in the last 30 days.