A man cried tears of relief after firefighters pulled a woman he identified as his pregnant wife from the rubble of a partially collapsed building in Brooklyn on Wednesday, 11 November.
He had been outside the three-storey building in Flatbush, pleading for help as rescue crews searched the debris. “I’ve heard nothing. She’s inside the building. She’s pregnant,” he told ABC7 New York.
More than two hours after the collapse, firefighters broke through a wall and reached a woman covered in dust. She was conscious and speaking to them. They lifted her onto a stretcher, covered her with a blanket and carried her to an ambulance.
“She is alive. She is still alive,” the husband told CBS New York, thanking those who had helped.
Officials reported two deaths and more than a dozen injuries. The woman’s condition after the rescue remained unclear.