Rescuers carry victim from Flatbush rubble as darkness falls
The Brazilian report follows an extraction live on air, with drones and flashlights helping crews search the collapsed building.
Why this story? One of CNN Brasil's most watched videos since yesterday, with 294,404 views.
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- 0:23Yazbek cites firefighters' preliminary count of one death and twelve injuries, including four serious injuries.
- 0:51The collapse occurred in Flatbush beside a construction site; drones and flashlights assist the search as darkness falls.
- 2:08Live footage shows firefighters bringing a victim out of the rubble and moving toward an ambulance.
- 2:48Closer footage shows the damaged building, adjacent construction site and firefighters working within the collapsed structure.
- 4:01Aerial footage shows stretchers being carried through the street among emergency vehicles and rescuers.
Firefighters lift a victim from the rubble and move toward an ambulance as Márcio Gomes follows the rescue from the studio. The live sequence is the central moment in CNN Brasil, Brazil's news channel, reporting on a building collapse in New York's Flatbush neighborhood.
Correspondent Priscila Yazbek describes emergency crews searching the remains of a three-story building beside a construction site. She places the collapse at around 4 p.m. local time on November 11. As daylight fades, firefighters use drones and flashlights to illuminate the search area.
The broadcast carries preliminary casualty figures. Citing the New York City Fire Department, Yazbek reports one confirmed death and twelve injured people, four seriously. The upload's accompanying description gives a different account: at least two deaths and ten people seriously injured. Those figures belong to different parts of the coverage and should not be read as a single, settled toll.
After the live extraction, closer footage shows the damaged structure, neighboring construction site and firefighters working among collapsed building materials. Aerial images then follow people being carried on stretchers through a street crowded with emergency vehicles and responders.
The report drew about 294,000 views since yesterday. Its focus is the rescue effort as it unfolded, rather than a completed account of the collapse or its consequences.
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The rescue report was among Brazil's most-watched news videos since yesterday.





