Toddler among those rescued after Brooklyn building collapse

Yeah, hi, Steven, Natasha. Yes, I have the public advocate right behind me. He was just passing by actually looking for family members who might be connected to not only the incident, but also the residential building. So let me bring him in. Thank you for being with us tonight. We appreciate it. First of all, give us the latest information that you have as it relates to this. I mean, it's really tough. I'm just speaking to a gentleman. He's looking for his pregnant wife, and we're trying to find out if she's in the hospital or if she's possibly behind us, and we're praying for miracles. Saw a baby girl just come out a little while ago, a toddler. Thankfully, I heard that she's breathing. Come out of the residential building. They pulled out this way, so we assumed that she was in the residential building, but I can't imagine if you're sitting home. And on a day off, when your wall just collapses and you fall out of it, it's a very horrific sight. It's a tough time for the community. All the local elected officials are here. We did some prayers with the community as well. But it's a really, really tough time. I mean, I'm glad to see the coordination of OEM, NYPD, FDNY, who are all out here. Very technical rescue. We're asking New Yorkers to just continue to pray for the folks who may still be here. It's a tough night. We are hearing that 10 people are injured, two critically, one person deceased. Are those the numbers that you have at this time? I don't want to confirm anything until they give official numbers, but I'm very concerned and disheartened about what I've heard, and so we're continuing to ask for prayers and for some miracles. What is the city telling you about the active search that is going on as it relates to the actual scene where one of the residents was just telling us This used to be a furniture store at one point, and they were active. We're actively working to develop this. We understand permits have been pulled for what potentially would be a multi-story, 40-story building. Yeah, there was, I think there used to be a daycare as well. They had a furniture store. There's a lot of things that happened here. And the local electeds have been saying that they had concerns about this site for some time. And my hope is that there was no construction company trying to skirt a couple dollars. I don't know, so I don't want to speak out of turn. But if that was the case... Obviously, there's going to be some hell to pay, but we do know we have to be more careful when we're doing these type of constructions because what you do affects a building, a family, an entire community. And so it's very disheartening now. And, you know, seeing that baby come out was very, very, a toddler come out was very, very tough. Speaking to a father, I'm a husband, I'm a father, looking for his pregnant wife, it's a tough time. Just to clarify, the toddler that you saw come out, was that... Child pulled out by first responders or what? I was pulled out by first responders and I was told that she was breathing. So I was very happy to hear that. But obviously not looking. In the best shape. Okay. And is it your understanding what hospital or will it be a couple of area hospitals that the critically injured will go to? Yeah, I believe there's a couple of hospitals that will be in, but again, I don't want to speak out of turn until they have. So look forward for me if you can, the next couple of minutes and hours as far as the scene is concerned. What's next? My hope is there's some miraculous rescues that we'll hear about. From folks who may still be in the rubble, I hope there's miraculous recoveries for people who may be in the hospitals and injured. And I'm hoping that we find out what happened here was not due to negligence of people just trying not to spend some money. Is it your understanding that those who may be injured may only be residents of the building or may they also be workers who are working on the site or is it a little bit of both? I'm not sure. I think it's probably a mixture of both. I know there was a lot of workers who were taken out. Thankfully, the majority of them seemed to be okay. But I think when you see a toddler come out, you can assume that that was not a worker and that gentleman was looking for his wife. I'm hoping that maybe she wasn't home. Maybe she was out running errands. That's it. It's tough. Yeah, especially considering, as you said, so many people were home today because it's Veterans Day. That's right. That's right. I mean, you're home relaxing on your day off. Jumaane Williams, thank you very much. We appreciate it.