Social media users shared drone images of the destruction in Lower Manhattan’s financial sector, which showed cars stacked on top of each other on a pile of broken pavement.
American city of Wilmington: Responders in New York City claimed at least one person was killed and four others were sent to the hospital after a multi-story parking garage fell on Tuesday.
Social media users shared drone images of the destruction in Lower Manhattan’s financial sector, which showed cars stacked on top of each other on a pile of broken pavement.
At a news conference, New York City’s acting buildings department head Kazimir Vilenchik described how the Ann Street building “pancaked, fell, all the way to the cellar floor.”
Its facade was still standing, but authorities expressed concern that it might collapse any minute.
Chief of Operations John Esposito said that all first responders had been ordered out of the building, but that the fire department’s robotics team had sent a robot dog and drones inside to conduct searches.
He stated that six workers were thought to have been in the building at the time of its collapse.
“Four of them are in stable condition and have been sent to the hospital. There has been a fatality among our patients “as he revealed at the press conference.
According to him, the sixth person flat-out rejected medical attention.
According to Esposito, the fire department was confident that everyone was safe and sound.
New Yorkers were warned to stay away from the area by authorities.