GARAGE COLLAPSE AFTERMATH | In Newscopter 7 from high above Lower Manhattan, John Del Giorno takes a look at what cleanup crews have to contend with following Tuesday's parking garage collapse.
Crews are still trying to determine what businesses and city agencies use the garage and make sure all employees and staff are accounted for. Derick Waller has the latest.A four-story garage collapsed in Lower Manhattan Tuesday, leaving one dead, five injured, and cars crushed. Now investigators are looking at two reasons the collapse may have happened.
During the controlled deconstruction of the building, city officials will attempt to remove the cars first, if possible. The vehicles contain potentially flammable materials, either gas tanks or electric batteries, that could be dangerous during the deconstruction. All utilities to the building were of course immediately shut off following the initial collapse.
Officials said on Tuesday that at least six parking garage workers were pulled from the garage. One person was pronounced dead on the scene, five others were hurt. Fortunately, four were in stable condition and one refused medical treatment. Another fell with the floor from the second floor to the first and walked away, while one worker was in an elevator and was shielded from flying debris, according to sources."We deployed our robot dog into the building they were able to give us a video inside and then we're able to fly drones inside to conduct an assessment and conduct searches," FDNY Chief of Operations John Esposito said.
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