Trini among victims in deadly Brooklyn building collapse

A Trinidad and To­ba­go na­tion­al is among the vic­tims of a cat­a­stroph­ic build­ing col­lapse in Flat­bush, Brook­lyn – a heav­i­ly Caribbean en­clave in New York City – that left at least eight peo­ple dead and 18 oth­ers in­jured.

New York City May­or Zohran Mam­dani con­firmed on Thurs­day that a na­tion­al from Trinidad and To­ba­go, along­side im­mi­grants from Mex­i­co, Colom­bia, and Ecuador, was among those killed and in­jured when the 1930s-era res­i­den­tial build­ing gave way on Wednes­day af­ter­noon.

Six adults, in­clud­ing two con­struc­tion work­ers, and two chil­dren lost their lives in the tragedy. Four fire­fight­ers were among the 18 in­jured, and at least one sur­vivor re­mains hos­pi­talised in crit­i­cal con­di­tion.