Mamdani gives update on deadly NYC building collapse, rescue efforts
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[0:00] confirmed that two of those who died
[0:02] were construction workers at 2625
[0:05] Bedford Avenue. 18 other people were
[0:08] injured from the collapse. 14 civilians
[0:11] and four firefighters. The vast majority
[0:14] of those still being treated in
[0:16] hospitals are in stable condition. One
[0:18] person is in critical condition. Before
[0:22] I provide further information, I want to
[0:24] take a moment to remember those we have
[0:26] so senselessly lost. These were our
[0:29] friends and our neighbors, parents and
[0:33] children, young families building their
[0:35] lives in our city and immigrants from
[0:38] Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Trinidad and
[0:40] beyond. Let us continue to hold close
[0:44] those who have been plunged into
[0:45] unimaginable grief and pray for a full
[0:48] and rapid recovery for every New Yorker
[0:51] injured. I want to thank all those who
[0:53] did not hesitate to help. Those who ran
[0:56] towards danger when this building
[0:58] collapsed and in the hours afterwards.
[1:00] Construction workers who had only barely
[1:02] survived themselves turned back and dug
[1:05] victims out of the rubble. People are
[1:07] alive today because of their heroism
[1:10] yesterday. Firefighters arrived on the
[1:12] scene in less than one minute after the
[1:16] 911 call first came in. 250 firefighters
[1:21] and EMS personnel worked tirelessly
[1:24] throughout the evening, the morning, and
[1:26] are continuing now searching for
[1:28] survivors, rescuing people from the
[1:30] rubble, and tending to the injured. Just
[1:33] because we expect this courage from the
[1:34] FDNY does not make it any less
[1:36] extraordinary. And I want to thank those
[1:39] who selflessly responded from afar,
[1:42] including the