Newly released Ring camera footage shows the moment a building in Brooklyn collapsed, killing eight people.
The video, submitted to CNN by James Williams, was captured by a camera that appears to be mounted on a wall of a neighboring apartment building, near an apartment’s doorway. It focuses on a staircase.
The building that fell, located in Brooklyn’s Flatbush section, was three stories, but it was unclear at the time of publication exactly what floor the camera was on.
In the video, a loud crashing noise can be heard as the building comes crumbling down. On the right side of the video’s frame, debris can be seen falling as a cloud of dust shoots up in the air.
Seconds later, car alarms can be heard blaring in the background, and people can be heard shouting below.
Then, in a second video captured by the same camera, a New York firefighter can be seen helping a person out of the apartment.
The firefighter guides the person toward a staircase, which has rubble lying next to it and at the bottom of it.
“You’re going to come with me — nice and easy,” the firefighter can be heard saying as sirens blare in the background. See that video in the player below
Investigators on Thursday began searching for a cause for the collapse following NYFD ending its rescue operations after the last victim was freed from the wreckage.
The building gave way while construction workers were digging Wednesday afternoon at an adjacent lot, causing Mayor Zohran Mamdani to order inspections at about 100 building sites involving companies related to the project.
Among those killed were two children, ages 9 and 10. The adults who died ranged in age from 22 to 31, according to the New York City Police Department. There were also 18 injured, including four firefighters, the city’s mayor said. The children were Colombian, as was one of the adults who was killed, according to the country’s consulate in New York.
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The Associated Press and CNN contributed to this report
