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Two children were among the eight people killed after a New York City apartment building collapsed<\/a>, officials said Thursday, as rescuers fought the rain in their continued, frantic search for possible survivors.
New York City Fire Department crews were in rescue mode for nearly 24 hours after the horrific collapse at 1321 Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn, the city\u2019s most populous borough. Eighteen people were injured.
As of Thursday afternoon, just before 3:40p.m., the FDNY announced<\/a> it had finished it\u2019s rescue operations, saying there were no more victims.
Earlier in the day, FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore told reporters that \u201cwe will be here until we are 100% sure there are no more people trapped.\u201d
Six of the eight people killed were pronounced dead at the scene, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said. Two others died at the hospital.
Before meeting with reporters at the scene, Mamdani said he visited victims recovering at the hospital.
\u201cThis has been a very dark evening and morning for our city,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are mourning too many people who we loved, and as we grieve and as we rebuild, we will do so together as one city.\u201d
The six adults killed included a pair of construction workers, according to the mayor.
The NYPD identified the eight people killed as Nicole Daniela Salvala Rodriguez, 9; Kevin Santiago Reyes Gonzalez, 10; Gabriel Siguencia, 22; Barry Mamadou, 23; Edgar Sapon, 26; Jose Luis Caguana Cosquillo, 26; Juan Daniel Salvada Guzman, 31; and Ndiaye Mamadou, 31.
Of the 18 people injured, four were firefighters and 14 were civilians. One of those injured was listed in critical condition.
\u201cThis is a devastating tragedy for New York, and our prayers are with those who are recovering in the hospital and those who have died,\u201d Bonsignore said. \u201cThe FDNY mourns with those families, and we promise, with everything we have, we will not stop working until everyone is rescued or recovered.\u201d
The three-story apartment building came down at about 4 p.m. ET Wednesday, triggering a massive response from firefighters and other rescuers.
Rescuers will be using heavier excavation equipment on Thursday that should be able to locate more bodies or survivors, officials said.
\u201cWe always assume that there are more people there until we can access the ground,\u201d Bonsignore said. \u201cSo until we\u2019ve removed some of the bigger, bigger debris and are able to search beneath them, this will remain a rescue operation.\u201d
The steady rain that pelted New York City on Thursday could slow rescue efforts, but Bonsignore insisted that crews will fight through this challenge.
\u201cWe are in the middle of a rainstorm but that will not stop our operations here,\u201d she said. \u201cIt will definitely hinder our efforts. But this type of an emergency is something our members train extensively for.\u201d
The collapsed building, with a business on the ground floor and two stories of residential units above, was next to an excavation site where a single-floor building had been cleared.
\u201cWe will find out what happened and we will share that information with New Yorkers,\u201d Mamdani said.
There were \u201cfive main entities\u201d connected to that excavation project, with crews from those companies working at about 100 construction sites around New York City, Mamdani said.
\u201cOur Department of Buildings is commencing sweeps of those sites today,\u201d Mamdani said.
The ongoing search also impacted neighboring residences, with water mains to 100 nearby buildings shut down \u201cso emergency crews can continue search and rescue operations,\u201d according to a New York City Environment Protection statement on Thursday.<\/a>
While some Flatbush Avenue residents displaced by Wednesday\u2019s collapse were allowed back into their homes, three buildings were still under vacate orders and much of the neighborhood was still disrupted on Thursday.
Five bus lines have been rerouted as traffic was still closed on Flatbush Avenue between Clarendon Road and Bedford Avenue, Mamdani said.
\u201cI want to take a moment to remember those we have so senselessly lost,\u201d Mamdani said. \u201cThese were our friends and our neighbors, parents and children, young families building their lives in our city and immigrants from Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Trinidad and beyond. Let us continue to hold close those who have been plunged into unimaginable grief and pray for a full and rapid recovery for every New Yorker injured.\u201d
It wasn\u2019t immediately clear what caused the collapse but Mamdani said the city\u2019s buildings department would conduct a comprehensive investigation of both the construction site and the collapsed building.
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