By REUTERS
A Building Collapse in Philadelphia: Reuters footage of a building collapse Wednesday on the edge of downtown Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA — A four-story building that was being demolished collapsed in central Philadelphia on Wednesday, sending bricks cascading onto a Salvation Army thrift store and trapping people under the rubble, the authorities said.
[h=6]Live Coverage (NBCnews.com)[/h]
[h=6]The Lede[/h][h=3]Search Is On for Trapped People[/h][h=6]By JENNIFER PRESTON[/h]Rescue crews searched for people trapped inside a building that collapsed in Philadelphia’s Center City section.
[h=6]Reuters[/h]Rescue workers in the rubble of the building collapse in Philadelphia.
At least nine people were taken to hospitals with minor injuries, said Commissioner Lloyd Ayers of the Philadelphia Fire Department. At least two others remained trapped, he said.
The building, at the corner of 22nd Street and Market Street in Center City, was being demolished Wednesday morning when one of its walls suddenly fell.
Firefighters and construction workers could be seen peering into the rubble and shouting, “Hello,” as they tried to locate anyone who had been inside the thrift store and who may have been trapped, said Jordan McLaughlin, 18, who said he was walking on the opposite side of the street when the building abruptly tumbled down.
“There was a big boom, dust everywhere, the ground started shaking,” Mr. McLaughlin said.
Within a few seconds, all that remained of the building was “a big pile of bricks,” he said.
Mr. McLaughlin said he had immediately ran to see if he could help and had helped pull out two women before fire crews arrived.
“People were shouting into bricks trying to help people,” he said.
A Building Collapse in Philadelphia: Reuters footage of a building collapse Wednesday on the edge of downtown Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA — A four-story building that was being demolished collapsed in central Philadelphia on Wednesday, sending bricks cascading onto a Salvation Army thrift store and trapping people under the rubble, the authorities said.
[h=6]Live Coverage (NBCnews.com)[/h]
[h=6]The Lede[/h][h=3]Search Is On for Trapped People[/h][h=6]By JENNIFER PRESTON[/h]Rescue crews searched for people trapped inside a building that collapsed in Philadelphia’s Center City section.
[h=6]Reuters[/h]Rescue workers in the rubble of the building collapse in Philadelphia.
At least nine people were taken to hospitals with minor injuries, said Commissioner Lloyd Ayers of the Philadelphia Fire Department. At least two others remained trapped, he said.
The building, at the corner of 22nd Street and Market Street in Center City, was being demolished Wednesday morning when one of its walls suddenly fell.
Firefighters and construction workers could be seen peering into the rubble and shouting, “Hello,” as they tried to locate anyone who had been inside the thrift store and who may have been trapped, said Jordan McLaughlin, 18, who said he was walking on the opposite side of the street when the building abruptly tumbled down.
“There was a big boom, dust everywhere, the ground started shaking,” Mr. McLaughlin said.
Within a few seconds, all that remained of the building was “a big pile of bricks,” he said.
Mr. McLaughlin said he had immediately ran to see if he could help and had helped pull out two women before fire crews arrived.
“People were shouting into bricks trying to help people,” he said.