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Video taken inside apartment shows moment Brooklyn building collapsed
CBS News • • nation
Key Points:
- A video captured inside a Brooklyn apartment shows the moment a three-story building on Flatbush Avenue collapsed Wednesday afternoon.
- The footage features a 9-year-old boy and a 2-year-old boy moments before the living area walls begin to collapse, with the children's mother appearing in the doorway.
- Anderson Velez, whose family was inside during the collapse, reported that his wife and 9-year-old son were hospitalized, while the 2-year-old was unharmed.
- The building collapse resulted in at least eight fatalities, including two children, and injured over a dozen others, according to FDNY.
- A GoFundMe campaign has been established to support Velez's family following the incident.
