New York is in mourning following the deaths of eight people—including two children—in a building collapse in Brooklyn.
While investigations into the causes of the tragedy are ongoing, videos from the moment of the collapse are surfacing.
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The first video, in fact, was filmed from inside one of the apartments in the building that collapsed. In it, a young boy appears to be running toward his mother as they realize something is wrong with the building. Seconds later, a wall begins to collapse, and the video cuts off abruptly.
The second video was recorded by a camera on a neighboring building. It shows the dust rising from the collapse of the three-story building and captures the eerie sound of the destruction.
According to U.S. media reports on the collapse, investigators are examining whether excavation work at a construction site next to the building in Brooklyn—which collapsed toward the side of this lot.
The incident prompted New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, to order inspections of approximately 100 properties citywide that are linked to “five corporate entities” involved in the construction work.
The Victims
A total of eight people died in the building’s collapse, including two cousins aged 9 and 10, a soon-to-be father with a great love for soccer, and a young construction worker.
“They were our friends and our neighbors. Parents and children, young families building their lives in our city, as well as immigrants from Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Trinidad, and other countries,” said New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
According to police sources, the children who lost their lives were 10-year-old Kevin Santiago Reyes González and 9-year-old Nicole Daniela Rodríguez.
The 26-year-old José Luis Cagwana, who was the father of a young boy and whose wife was pregnant, was an immigrant from Ecuador who had moved to the U.S. six years ago, according to his brother, Carlos, who spoke to Univision.
Edgar Santiago Sapon, also 26, was married and leaves behind a six-year-old son, according to The New York Times.
Gabriel Siguencia, 22, was one of two victims who succumbed to their injuries after being transported to local hospitals.
Among the other fatalities was 23-year-old Mamadou Bari, originally from Guinea, according to The New York Times, as well as 31-year-olds Juan Daniel Salvada Guzmán and Diaye Mamadou, according to sources.
Mamdani reported that two of the victims were workers at a neighboring construction site, where excavation work was underway at the time the building collapsed in Brooklyn.
