Authorities have identified all 8 people killed in Wednesday’s building collapse in Brooklyn, New York, including 2 children aged 9 and 10, as rescue crews concluded operations at the site nearly 24 hours after the disaster.
The 3-story building collapsed shortly after 4 p.m. on Nov. 11 near Bedford Avenue and Flatbush Avenue in the Flatbush neighborhood. The FDNY said 6 victims were pronounced dead at the scene, while 2 others died after being taken to hospitals.
The victims were identified by the NYPD as Nicole Daniela Salvada Rodriguez, 9; Kevin Santiago Reyes Gonzalez, 10; Gabriel Siguencia, 22; Barry Mamadou, 23; Jose Luis Caguana Cosquillo, 26; Edgar Sapon, 26; Juan Daniel Salvada Guzman, 31; and Ndiaye Mamadou, 31.
The Consulate of Colombia in New York confirmed that 3 of the victims, including the 2 children and 1 adult, were Colombian citizens.
Five of the victims lived in the collapsed building. The others were from the Bronx, Hell’s Kitchen and the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, according to officials.
Two construction workers were among those killed. Investigators said excavation work was underway at a lot next to the building when the collapse occurred.
The disaster also left 18 people injured, including 4 firefighters. One person remained in critical condition as of Thursday afternoon.
More than 150 firefighters and other emergency personnel took part in the rescue operation, searching through the debris for survivors. The collapse also tore off part of a neighboring building.
The FDNY ended its rescue operations Thursday afternoon. The cause of the collapse remains under investigation by the NYC Department of Buildings (DOB).