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Two workers are trapped under a trench after a collapse at a worksite near the Gowanus Canal. The Fire Department is on the scene. Developing.
Update (2 pm): Both construction workers have now been pulled to safety and are receiving medical attention. They were working on a site at 11th Street and 3rd Avenue.
Two Trapped in Construction Site Collapse [ABC News]
Both Construction Workers Now Free [ABC News]


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  1. NEW YORK — New York City rescue workers are trying to free two men trapped at a Brooklyn construction site.

    The location of the collapse is 145 11th Street in the Park Slope section.

    The men were breathing and alert as emergency service personnel tried to rescue them, said Fire Department press officer Farrell Sklerov.

    At 11:44 a.m., one worker was extricated from the collapse