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Two dead after Flatbush building collapse, NYPD says

FOX 5 New York's aerial coverage shows firefighters searching exposed wreckage by hand as emergency crews fill surrounding streets.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 256,649 views a day, 43 times a normal first day on this channel (6,021).

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0:17Dan Rice reports that a residential building's side wall has collapsed into an adjacent active construction site.
2:04Firefighters search the rubble by hand for people trapped beneath it.
4:54A wider aerial view shows emergency vehicles and street closures surrounding the building.
6:04The anchor relays an early NYPD update: five people have been removed and are being evaluated.
9:14Rice explains that heavy machinery cannot safely be used, requiring crews to remove wreckage by hand.

Firefighters sifted through rubble with their hands and carried debris away in buckets beneath the exposed rooms of a Flatbush residential building. FOX 5 New York's helicopter footage captured the rescue effort after a side wall collapsed Wednesday afternoon.

The station's subsequent live coverage reported that two people had died and 19 were injured, according to the NYPD. The initial aerial report, titled "People trapped in Brooklyn building collapse, FDNY reports," showed the response while information about those inside was still emerging.

From SkyFox, reporter Dan Rice described the wall of the three-story building falling into an adjacent active construction site. Bedrooms and a staircase were visible through the open side. Below, firefighters worked through a targeted pocket of debris while emergency vehicles filled the surrounding streets.

The initial report drew more than 100,000 views in six hours, far beyond the station's usual first-day audience for regular videos. A separate extended live broadcast also attracted an unusually large audience.

Rice explained the painstaking work visible below: heavy machinery could not safely be used, leaving rescuers to clear the wreckage piece by piece.

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