Brooklyn building collapse: Death toll rises to 8

All right, turning now to the tragedy unfolding in New York City, where rescue crews are frantically searching for survivors following a building collapse in Brooklyn. Yeah, let's get right to Ron this morning. He joins us live from the control room with the latest on this story. Ron. Yeah, such a tragedy. Firefighters pulling more bodies from the wreckage early this morning. The death toll has now risen to eight. This is after a three-story building, a mixed-use building, collapsed in the Flatbush neighborhood. of Brooklyn in New York in fact we have a live look for you right now as those efforts continue this morning more than 200 nope sorry that is the mayor of New York speaking now um and so uh more is he speaking about this no Oh, you want to listen now? No? All right. So more than 200 crew members have been taking part in the rescue efforts. So 17 people hospitalized, four were told are in critical condition. Look at that response there. Crews did pull several survivors, including a mother and her two young kids. Fire officials say the rescue operation is high risk because the collapsed structure shared a wall with an adjacent building that is still standing. Very unstable situation. The adjoining building that remains partially intact is always a danger. We saw it as a secondary collapse. Investigators say the neighboring building had an exterior wall sheared off completely. I mean, these pictures, just stunning. The building commissioner for the city says construction workers were actively excavating an empty lot right next door when all of a sudden the structure just collapsed. So the mayor, Zoran Mamdani, you just saw him, says the Department of Building and law enforcement partners are going to lead the investigation. File officials, though, are warning that search and rescue operations could continue for a matter of days. Because even when something is just horrific as this happens, occasionally you hear those success stories of people who are trapped in rubble being found alive even two, three, four days after it occurred. That is so true, my goodness. And that image of that building just collapsing, it's heartbreaking. Ron, thank you.