Posted on 11/12/2026 5:29:40 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
At least 17 injured as rescuers were still pulling people from rubble early Thursday
At least eight people have died after a three-story building in Brooklyn collapsed at the edge of a construction site, New York City's mayor said Thursday, as firefighters kept digging through the rubble to find others who may be trapped beneath the wreckage. ABC7 reports four of the victims are believed to be construction workers. The building came down Wednesday afternoon. At least 17 people have been injured, including three firefighters, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said. Scores of firefighters and police officers wielding pickaxes and power saws clambered over the rubble pile overnight, reports the AP, punching holes through the ruins to pull dust-covered people from beneath piles of twisted wood and brick. Rescuers used dogs to sniff for survivors.
FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore said the rescue teams were performing "dangerous and perilous" work. Resident Anderson Velez told the New York Post he was at work when his wife called and said she and their two kids, ages 7 and 2, were trapped in the wreckage. "She was screaming for someone to help get my son out and then the call cut off," he said. Velez said he later learned that his family had been pulled from the rubble alive. The cause of the collapse is under investigation, but New York City's buildings commissioner, Ahmed Tigani, noted that when the building fell, construction workers were excavating an empty lot next door for a new building. Much of the rubble from the collapsed building—a mixed-use structure with apartments sitting atop ground-floor commercial space—wound up in a huge pile inside the construction pit.
this is the end result of rent controls.
This is the result of stupid excavating of the ground that supports buildings.
Any engineers,inspectors,etc that approved the excavation should be held liable for criminal stupidity.
For a detailed engineering preliminary report see the following:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA89Q0Y16Ds
Can we blame government and ban them?
Who took kickbacks?
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