Eight dead as Brooklyn building collapses during construction work

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 13 Nov, 23:02 · Archive

A three-storey Brooklyn apartment building collapsed on Wednesday, killing eight people including two children, as workers dug at an adjacent construction site.

A three-storey apartment building in Brooklyn collapsed on Wednesday, killing eight people including two children aged 9 and 10. Eighteen people were injured in the collapse, including four firefighters. New York officials, including building inspectors and prosecutors, are investigating what caused the building to come down as workers were digging at an adjacent construction site.

Mamadou Balde had stepped out to buy groceries when the building fell, leaving his pregnant wife Fatoumata Bah and two roommates, Mamadou N'Diaye, 31, and Mamadou Barry, 23, inside. First responders found the bodies of N'Diaye and Barry in the wreckage, while Bah was pulled alive from the rubble. Balde said he did not know what had happened until someone told him a building had collapsed.

Survivors wept as they recounted their experiences at a news conference on Friday. Ciahola Lawrence, who lived in the building next door, woke from a nap to find her apartment wall suddenly gone, with a section of her bedroom exposed to dust and debris below. 'We didn't deserve this,' Lawrence said as she sobbed.

How it is being reported

• Survivors of the deadly Brooklyn building collapse recall shock, terror and griefPittsburgh Post-Gazette · 13 Nov, 20:25
• Survivors of the deadly Brooklyn building collapse recall shock, terror and griefNEW YORK — One man’s pregnant wife was pulled alive from the rubble, while two of his roommates perished. A woman living next door woke from a nap to bright daylight flooding her bedroom because her apartment wall was suddenly gone.TribLIVE · 13 Nov, 20:17

In this story: Brooklyn · New York · Mamadou Balde · Fatoumata Bah · Mamadou N'Diaye · Mamadou Barry · Ciahola Lawrence

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