Incredible moment husband breaks down in tears as pregnant wife emerges from the rubble of collapsed Brooklyn building: ‘She’s alive’

A pregnant woman was rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building in Brooklyn, bringing relief to her husband, who had been searching for her since the collapse. The rescue was a rare hopeful moment in an incident that left two people dead.

The three-storey residential building collapsed just after 4pm on Wednesday at an open construction site in Flatbush. The woman, who is six months pregnant, was taken to hospital after being pulled out at about 6.30pm; another person had been rescued earlier. Officials said 17 people were injured, including seven children and a firefighter, while more than 250 emergency personnel took part in the response.