The eight people killed when a building in Brooklyn collapsed into a construction site on Wednesday were like a cross-section of the bustling, fast-growing Flatbush neighborhood.
They included elementary-school-age cousins, construction workers from Ecuador and Guatemala, and a young man from Guinea in West Africa, according to an internal police report and family and friends of the victims.
Six died when the building, at 1321 Flatbush Avenue, crashed down around 4 p.m. Wednesday; workers next door had been doing excavation. Two others succumbed to their injuries after they were taken to the hospital, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said at a news conference on Thursday.
Firefighters were still sifting through the rubble, searching for additional victims on Thursday afternoon as rain poured down.
“We promise,” the fire commissioner, Lillian Bonsignore said, “with everything we have, we will not stop working until everyone is rescued or recovered.”
Mr. Mamdani said another 18 people, including some firefighters, had been injured.
Officials have not determined what caused the collapse.
Here are the names of the victims:
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Nicole Daniela Rodriguez, 9
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Kevin Santiago Reyes Gonzalez, 10
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Gabriel Siguencia, 22
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Mamadou Barry, 23
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Edgar Santiago Sapón Gutierrez, 26
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José Luis Caguana Cosquillo, 26
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Juan Daniel Salvada Guzman, 31
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Unidentified man, 35
Caitlyn Freeman contributed reporting.
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