NYC parking garage collapses with victims trapped & rescuers unable to access unstable building in search for survivors

A DESPERATE rescue operation has begun after a five-story parking garage collapsed in New York City, leaving one person dead and at least five injured.

The upper level of the parking garage collapsed around 4.30pm on Tuesday in Lower Manhattan’s Financial District.

The New York City Fire Department confirmed to The U.S. Sun that crews are currently working on rescuing several people trapped inside.

The FDNY confirmed in a press conference that the deceased victim was believed to have been an employee at the parking garage.

Four people have been taken to the hospital, while the fifth injured person refused medical treatment.

It’s unclear how many people were inside the five-floor garage when the structure caved in.

A robotic dog and a drone have been used to go inside the collapse to provide live-streaming video to first responders.

The FDNY said firefighters had to be pulled out because of concerns about the structural stability of the building.

Shocking footage from the scene shows multiple cars on top of each other.

Pace University, located just steps away from the site, has canceled classes for the remainder of the day and has begun evacuating residential students.

The garage opened its gates to drivers in 1925, according to WABC.

“It felt like an earthquake,” Liam Gaeta, a student at nearby Pace University, told WABC.

Gaeta said he heard “a large noise and a big rumbling, and then we all got evacuated.”

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