Two dead, several injured after New York building collapses
Verified: 40 outlets in 19 countries have reported this story since Nov 11, 4 of them from the United States. 2 killed, according to 17 outlets.
Two people were killed Wednesday and at least 17 others injured, including children, after a three-story building collapsed near a construction site in New York, city authorities said. The building fell into a neighboring excavation site, trapping several people who firefighters worked to free over several hours using drones, search dogs and chainsaws.
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
From the headlines of its reports in its last 2 days, each with the outlets that report it.
- Killed · 2 figures, newest first
- 217 outlets: aljazeera.com, bbc.co.uk +15· latest Nov 12, 10:26 AM UTCTwo dead, several injured after New York building collapses ↗
- 19 outlets: abc.net.au, abcnews.com +7· latest Nov 12, 2:06 AM UTC1 Dead, 10 Injured After Brooklyn Building Collapses into Construction Site ↗
- Injured · 4 figures, newest first
- 172 outlets: haitiantimes.com, yahoo.com· latest Nov 12, 9:51 AM UTCBrooklyn building collapse leaves at least 2 people dead and 17 injured ↗
- 105 outlets: breitbart.com, news.tuoitre.vn +3· latest Nov 12, 9:24 AM UTCBuilding collapse in Brooklyn kills at least two, injures more than 10 ↗
- 121 outlet: bbc.co.uk· latest Nov 12, 12:33 AM UTCNew York building collapse kills one person and injures 12 ↗
4 outlets from the United States, where the story is: ABC News, Breitbart, UPI and 1 more · how we count
- Nov 11, 10:16 PM UTCFirst reportNew York City building collapse traps people in rubble1news.co.nz ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 10:37 PM UTC · +20 min
- Nov 11, 10:38 PM UTC+21 minNew York City building collapse leaves people trapped in rubbleindependent.co.uk ↗
- Nov 11, 11:10 PM UTC+53 minAt least 1 person dead, 2 critically injured after building collapses in Brooklyn, police sayabcnews.com ↗
- Nov 12, 9:48 AM UTC+12 hUS: Survivor pulled alive from rubble after deadly Brooklyn collapseafricanews.com ↗
- Nov 12, 9:51 AM UTC+12 hBrooklyn building collapse leaves at least 2 people dead and 17 injuredyahoo.com ↗
- Nov 12, 10:16 AM UTC+12 hNew York building collapses leaving two dead as more pulled from rubblechroniclelive.co.uk ↗
- Nov 12, 10:26 AM UTC+12 h· you’re reading thisTwo dead, several injured after New York building collapsesfrance24.com ↗
[Claude] The outlets differ: Reports 2–4 describe the same New York building collapse as Report 1, but their death tolls (one vs. two) conflict with Report 1's count, and Report 2 places it in Brooklyn while Report 1 says New Yor
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11m agoAverage source trust: 50%; Source tiers represented: national
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11m agoTwo dead, several injured after New York building collapses Two people were killed Wednesday and at least 17 others injured, including children, after a three-story building collapsed near a construction site in New York, city authorities said. The building fell into a neighboring excavation site, trapping several people who firefighters worked to free over several hours using drones, search dogs and chainsaws.
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