Brooklyn building collapse kills two Guineans, injures pregnant survivor
Search operations continue at the Flatbush site, where eight people died when a three-storey building fell on Wednesday, 11 November.
A three-storey building collapsed in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighbourhood, New York, on Wednesday, 11 November 2026, killing eight people, including two Guinean nationals. About 10 others were injured, among them a Guinean woman, Fatoumata Binta Bah, who was pulled from the rubble with her baby.
Her husband, Mamadou Mouctar Baldé, a Guinean who shared the apartment with the victims, said he had left the building only five minutes before it fell. The two men who died, Mamadou Bhoye Barry and Mamadou Bhoye Ndiaye, were both from Guinea-Conakry. Baldé said Ndiaye had been lying down until a courier arrived with an online order for him.
The Guinean Community of America (GUICA NY), which represents the diaspora in New York, said condolences will be received on 15 November from 18:30 at the Utica Mosque, 65 Utica Avenue, Brooklyn. Rescue operations were still under way at the site, and the group said it would share reliable updates as they become available.
Why it mattersFamilies of the two dead men and the injured survivor now depend on the GUICA NY's updates and the 15 November gathering for news.