UPDATE (5:47 p.m. Central time):
By Rocco Parascandola, Janon Fisher, Michael Gartland, Ellen Moynihan
New York Daily News
NEW YORK — One person was killed and several others were injured in a partial building collapse Tuesday in lower Manhattan, according to emergency officials.
The top floors of the four-story structure, a parking garage at Ann and Williams streets, “pancaked” just after 4 p.m., city officials said.
The upper floors, which were packed with cars, crumbled, sending the vehicles into the void below, photos taken from adjacent buildings show.
“A couple of floors of the concrete slab floors collapsed, crushed some of the cars that are inside,” FDNY Chief of Operations James Esposito said at a press conference near the scene.
The facade of the building also buckled around 5 p.m. and was in danger of falling into the street.
Details of the fatality were not immediately forthcoming.
Emergency workers blocked off the street as firefighters strived to extract people that could be trapped inside.
Several victims were injured in the collapse and taken to local hospitals and are now considered in stable condition.
Firefighters initially entered the building to look for injured employees trapped in the rubble but then pulled out because the structure was deemed unstable and could collapse further.
An NYPD robot dog known as a Digidog and drones were sent inside instead to search the wreckage until officials determined that all the garage employees were accounted for.
“At this time, this building is completely unstable,” Mayor Adams said alongside Esposito. “We’re using the necessary technology to be able to give a clear view of what’s happening inside the building for the most part, and to do whatever we can to see if there are any more victims.”
One worker got trapped on the remainder of the roof of the garage, according to Esposito.
Firefighters used a tower ladder to pluck the man off the roof and deliver him safely to the roof of a nearby building, the chief said.
“This was an extremely dangerous operation for our firefighters,” he added. “We responded to a call of a collapsed building. We had firefighters inside the building and development searches. The building was continuing to collapse.”
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The garage is owned by Abacus Bank, according to city property records. The financial institution has the distinction of being the only bank prosecuted in the aftermath of the 2008 mortgage crisis.
The Manhattan district attorney accused bank employees of falsifying applications on mortgages that were then sold to Fannie Mae. The bank denied wrongdoing, saying that it was they who reported the fraudulent activity to federal regulators and later fired an employee responsible.
The bank and all the employees were acquitted of all the charges.
Abacus did not immediately respond to a call for comment.
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UPDATE (4:57 p.m. Central time):
By Rocco Parascandola, Janon Fisher
New York Daily News
NEW YORK — One person was killed and six others were injured in a partial building collapse Tuesday in lower Manhattan, according to emergency officials.
The top floors of the four-story structure, a parking garage at Ann and Williams streets, “pancaked” just after 4 p.m., city officials said.
The upper floors, which were packed with cars, crumbled, sending the vehicles into the void below, photos taken from adjacent buildings show.
The facade of the building also buckled around 5 p.m. and was in danger of falling into the street.
Details of the fatality were not immediately clear.
Emergency workers blocked off the street as firefighters strived to extract people that could be trapped inside.
Several victims were injured in the collapse and taken to local hospitals and are now considered in stable condition.
The FDNY has received reports that people are trapped inside the building, but after a search of the building using a robot dog and drones, officials determined that all the garage employees were accounted for.
Firefighters initially entered the building but then pulled out because the structure was deemed unstable and could collapse further.
The garage is owned by Abacus Bank, according to city property records. The financial institution has the distinction of being the only bank prosecuted in the aftermath of the 2008 mortgage crisis.
The Manhattan district attorney accused bank employees of falsifying applications on mortgages that were then sold to Fannie Mae. The bank denied wrongdoing, saying that it was they who reported the fraudulent activity to federal regulators and later fired an employee responsible.
The bank and all the employees were acquitted on all the charges.
This is a breaking story. Check back for updates.
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UPDATE (4:40 p.m. Central time):
By Ted Shaffrey
Associated Press
NEW YORK — One person was killed when a parking garage partially collapsed Tuesday in lower Manhattan’s Financial District, Mayor Eric Adams said. Five people were injured.
The three-story building fell around 4 p.m. a few blocks from City Hall and the Brooklyn Bridge. It is an about half a mile (0.8 km) from the New York Stock Exchange.
Bystander video showed cars hanging precariously from a buckled upper deck of the three-story building, a few blocks from City Hall and the Brooklyn Bridge, and about half a mile (0.8 km) from the New York Stock Exchange.
“It felt like an earthquake,” said Liam Gaeta, a student at nearby Pace University. He said he heard “a large noise and a big rumbling, and then we all got evacuated.”
Other Pace students described hearing screams and seeing cars falling in the building, which caved in around 4 p.m.
The Fire Department said there were reports of people trapped and that searches were being conducted to make sure everyone was accounted for. At one point, firefighters were pulled out because of concerns about the building’s stability, the department said.
New York Mayor Eric Adams was en route to the scene, said spokesperson Fabien Levy. He described what happened as a partial collapse.
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Associated Press writers Jennifer Peltz, Bobby Caina Calvan, Michael R. Sisak and Deepti Hajela contributed.
EARLIER:
By Janon Fisher
New York Daily News
NEW YORK — Several people were reported injured and others were feared trapped in a partial building collapse Tuesday just steps from City Hall, according to the FDNY.
Parts of the structure, a parking garage at Ann and Nassau streets, gave way just after 4 p.m., fire officials said.
The FDNY has received reports that people are trapped inside the building, but it did not immediately confirm the development.
Firefighters have not entered the building because it was deemed unstable and could collapse further.
This is a breaking story. Check back for updates.
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