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Rocco Parascandola and Janon Fisher | New York Daily News
One person was killed and six others were injured in a partial building collapse Tuesday in lower Manhattan, according to emergency officials.
The top floors of the four-story structure, a parking garage at Ann and Williams streets, “pancaked” just after 4 p.m., city officials said.
The upper floors, which were packed with cars, crumbled, sending the vehicles into the void below, photos taken from adjacent buildings show.
The façade of the building also buckled around 5 p.m. and was in danger of falling into the street.
Details of the fatality were not immediately clear.
Emergency workers blocked off the street as firefighters strived to extract people that could be trapped inside.
Several victims were injured in the collapse and taken to local hospitals and are now considered in stable condition.
The FDNY has received reports that people are trapped inside the building, but after a search of the building using a robot dog and drones, officials determined that all the garage employees were accounted for.
Firefighters initially entered the building but then pulled out because the structure was deemed unstable and could collapse further.
The garage is owned by Abacus Bank, according to city property records. The financial institution has the distinction of being the only bank prosecuted in the aftermath of the 2008 mortgage crisis.
The Manhattan district attorney accused bank employees of falsifying applications on mortgages that were then sold to Fannie Mae. The bank denied wrongdoing, saying that it was they who reported the fraudulent activity to federal regulators and later fired an employee responsible.
The bank and all the employees were acquitted on all the charges.
This is a breaking story. Check back for updates.
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