One Person Killed By Parking Garage Collapse In Manhattan

One person died and multiple people were injured after a parking garage collapsed in Lower Manhattan Tuesday afternoon, FDNY officials said.

The collapse took place on Ann Street near Nassau Street around 4 p.m. when, according to senior FDNY officials, the second floor of a five-story parking garage, collapsed into the first floor.

Officials confirmed one person -- a worker in the building -- died in the collapse. "As far as we can tell, so far there were six patients -- six workers in the building -- at the time of the collapse," FDNY Chief of Operations James Esposito said, with one worker who was trapped on one of the upper floors.

The FDNY was able to evacuate that person across to the roof of another building, and he was taken away from there. One worker died and four others were hospitalized, but were expected to recover, Esposito said. Another worker refused medical attention at the scene.

Esposito described the rescue operation as "extremely dangerous" due to the unstable building, and firefighters who had initially entered the building were forced to retreat as a result of the risk the instability posed.