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Brooklyn worker carried small child after Flatbush building collapse
WABC says a carpenter at a Flatbush construction site recorded video holding a small child after a three-story building at 1321 Flatbush Ave. collapsed, and his brother said he picked the child up.
A construction worker at a site next to a collapsed three-story building in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood was recorded holding a small child after the fall, WABC reported1.
The station said the carpenter, who had been on the job only since Monday, shared videos with family from inside the construction site1. Speaking in Spanish, the worker said, "family, there's been a terrible accident here at work"1.
Luis Tigsilema, identified as the worker's brother, told WABC that his brother said he picked up a child who had come from the collapsed building1. The station did not name the worker or the child or give the child's age1.
City officials said the building at 1321 Flatbush Avenue collapsed into a neighboring excavation pit, WABC reported, and that at least eight households were displaced1. Some lived at 1321 Flatbush Avenue; others lived at 1323 Flatbush Avenue, where part of a wall was torn away, exposing apartments1.
The American Red Cross was registering displaced residents at the Flatbush YMCA on Wednesday night, according to WABC, and the city's buildings commissioner was seen entering the facility to speak with residents1. Neighbor Anthony Griggs told the station he heard loud cracking sounds, then saw the building fall, and that bricks struck his foot1.
