Video Shows Brooklyn Apartment Wall Give Way in Deadly Collapse

Surveillance footage from a third-floor apartment shows a wall giving way as a Brooklyn building collapsed, killing eight people and injuring 18, officials said. The New York City Fire Department later ended search and recovery operations, reporting that no additional victims remained at the site.

The video shows two children in the apartment moments before the collapse. The older boy, 9, gets milk from a refrigerator while his 2-year-old brother plays nearby. Their mother enters the room screaming, and the older child runs toward her as the wall caves in. The toddler is swept into debris, according to accounts of the footage.

The New York Times said it obtained and verified the apartment surveillance video after speaking with the boys’ father, Anderson Velez. Velez was working in the Bronx when the building collapsed. He told Gothamist that his toddler suffered scrapes, his wife was injured, and his older son underwent surgery. Reports said the older child remained in intensive care after the operation.

The three-story building in the Flatbush neighborhood fell onto an adjacent construction site. Officials said eight people died, including two children, and 18 were injured. The...