A Lower Manhattan parking garage collapsed after workers began dismantling bricks -- without knowing they were holding up the 98 year old building
It was a delicate operation to recover the victim and remove as many as 90 vehicles scattered on the structure's buckled top deck and amid tons of shattered concrete.
Two of the building's open violations date back 20 years to 2003 and it appears they were never addressed. Now the question is why.
One person was killed, and several others were injured when a parking garage in Lower Manhattan collapsed on Tuesday evening.
Neighbors are identifying the victim as 59-year-old Willis Moore, who they say was the manager of the Ann St. parking garage.