NEW YORK—A parking garage collapsed Tuesday in lower Manhattan’s Financial District, killing one worker, injuring five, and crushing cars as concrete floors fell on top of each other like a stack of pancakes, officials said.
Bystander video showed cars hanging precariously from a buckled upper deck of the three-story building, and people nearby described a fearsome rumbling, followed by screams.
“It felt like an earthquake,” said Liam Gaeta, a student at nearby Pace University. Other students described seeing cars falling in the building.
Officials said one worker was trapped on an upper floor and rescued via a neighboring roof….