People are afraid of being trapped in a closed garage in New York City World news
A parking garage collapsed Tuesday in lower Manhattan’s Financial District, and firefighters were searching for people who may have been trapped in the debris, authorities said. They saw a person carried out on the stairs.
Video surveillance shows cars hanging from the top deck of the three-story building, a few blocks from City Hall and the Brooklyn Bridge, and about half a mile (0.8 km) from the New York Stock Exchange.
“It was like an earthquake,” said Liam Gaeta, a student at nearby Pace University. He said he heard “a loud noise and a loud noise, and then we were all evacuated.”
Other Pace students described hearing screams and seeing cars crash at the building, which was around 4 p.m.
The Fire Department said there are reports of people trapped and an investigation is underway to make sure everyone is accounted for. At one point, firefighters were pulled out because of concerns about the building’s stability, the department said.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is en route to the site, said spokesman Fabien Levy. He described what happened as a partial collapse.
