A three-story apartment building collapsed in Brooklyn, killing 8 people, including two children.
In Brooklyn, New York, part of a three-story apartment building on Flatbush Avenue collapsed into a pit at a nearby construction site; According to the report, eight people died as a result of the incident, including two children, and another 18 were injured.
According to eyewitnesses and published photographs, during the collapse builders dug a hole near the house - the wall of the neighboring building was torn off. In one of the videos nine-year-old Pablo and two-year-old Joseph were seen next to their mother in an apartment on the third floor; The mother and children were saved, the young man escaped with scratches, Pablo underwent surgery and was still in the hospital on the evening of November 13th.
According to the father, the family moved into the apartment in early November after living in a shelter. Authorities halted construction work, and the Brooklyn DA's office began a criminal investigation.
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