两名儿童是周四官员宣布的布鲁克林公寓楼倒塌事故造成的八名死者之一，当时救援人员在雨中继续紧张搜寻可能的幸存者。
Two children were among the eight people killed after a New York City apartment building collapsed, officials said Thursday, as rescuers fought the rain in their continued, frantic search for possible survivors.
纽约市消防局（FDNY）救援队在布鲁克林弗拉特布什大道1321号发生这起惨剧倒塌事故20多小时后，仍处于救援模式。布鲁克林是该市人口最多的行政区。“在我们100%确定没有更多人被困之前，我们将一直留在这里，”消防局局长莉莲·邦西尼奥雷（Lillian Bonsignore）对记者说。“明确地说，我们没有从救援转为搜寻遗体。我们仍处于搜救阶段。”
The FDNY crews were still in rescue mode more than 20 hours after the horrific collapse at 1321 Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn, the city’s most populous borough. “We will be here until we are 100% sure there are no more people trapped,” FDNY Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore told reporters. “To be clear, we have not shifted from rescue to recovery. We are still in the search-and-rescue phase.”Six of the eight killed were pronounced dead at the scene, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.
市长佐赫兰·马姆达尼（Zohran Mamdani）表示，八名死者中有六人在现场被宣布死亡，另外两人在医院死亡。在现场会见记者前，马姆达尼说他探望了在医院康复的受害者。“这对我们的城市来说是一个非常黑暗的夜晚和早晨，”他说。“我们为太多我们深爱的人哀悼，当我们悲伤和重建时，我们将作为一个城市团结在一起。”
Two others died at the hospital. Before meeting with reporters at the scene, Mamdani said he visited victims recovering at the hospital. “This has been a very dark evening and morning for our city,” he said. “We are mourning too many people who we loved, and as we grieve and as we rebuild, we will do so together as one city.”
据市长称，六名遇难成年人中还包括一对建筑工人。共有18人受伤，其中四名消防员和14名平民。一名伤者情况危急。“这对纽约来说是一场毁灭性的悲剧，我们为在医院康复的人和逝者祈祷，”邦西尼奥雷说。“消防局与这些家庭同悲，我们承诺，倾尽全力，直到所有人获救或寻获遗体，我们绝不停止工作。”
The half-dozen dead adults also included a pair of construction workers, according to the mayor. There were 18 people injured, four of those were firefighters and 14 were civilians. One of those injured was listed in critical condition. “This is a devastating tragedy for New York and our prayers are with those who are recovering in the hospital and those who have died,” Bonsignore said. “The FDNY mourns with those families and we promise, with everything we have, we will not stop working until everyone is rescued or recovered.”
这栋三层公寓楼于周一美东时间下午4点左右倒塌，引发消防员和其他救援人员的大规模响应。官员称，救援人员周四将使用更重型的挖掘设备，这应该能发现更多遗体或幸存者。“在我们能接触到地面之前，我们始终假设那里还有人，”邦西尼奥雷说。
The three-story apartment building came down at about 4 p.m. EST Monday, triggering a massive response from firefighters and other rescuers. Rescuers will be using heavier excavation equipment on Thursday that should be able to locate more bodies or survivors, officials said.
“因此，在我们清除一些更大、更大的碎片并能够在它们下方搜寻之前，这仍将是一项救援行动。” 这栋倒塌的建筑物底层为商铺，上方两层为住宅单元，紧邻一个挖掘工地，该工地原有一栋单层建筑已被清理。自周三下午倒塌以来，救援队一直在废墟中搜寻，寻找任何遇难者或幸存者。根据纽约市环境保护局周四的一份声明，正在进行的搜寻也影响了邻近住宅，“水管”已关闭，波及附近100栋建筑，“以便应急人员能够继续搜救行动”。
“We we always assume that there are more people there until we can access the ground,” Bonsignore said. “So until we’ve removed some of the bigger, bigger debris and are able to search beneath them, this will remain a rescue operation” The collapsed building, with a business on the ground floor and two stories of residential units above, was next to an excavation site where single-floor building had been cleared. Since Wednesday afternoon’s collapse, rescue teams have been scouring the wreckage looking for any bodies or survivors under the rubble. The ongoing search also impacted neighboring residences with “water mains” shut down to 100 nearby buildings “so emergency crews can continue search and rescue operations,” according to a New York City Environment Protection statement on Thursday.
倒塌原因目前尚不清楚，但调查人员很可能会同等关注倒塌的建筑物和隔壁的挖掘工地。根据一份建筑申请，那块已清空地皮的业主获准最多挖掘14英尺深。
It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the collapse but investigators will likely pay equal attention to the fallen building and the excavation site next door. Owners of that emptied property had been cleared to dig a maximum of 14 feet down, according to a building application.
