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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Witnesses Recount Manhattan Building Collapse [Watch (HLS stream): Witnesses Recount Manhattan Building Collapse](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mBAueP0m.m3u8) (2:06)  _Published 2014-03-12. 2 buildings in Manhattan collapse after a gas exposion, leaving at least 2 dead and 18 injured._ --- Jul 27, 2023 4:18 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [At Least Eight Dead After a School Building Collapsed in Nigeria With Children Inside](/video/FAlbOF7Q/) ### At Least Eight Dead After a School Building Collapsed in Nigeria With Children Inside [The East Village Fire and Building Collapse in Manhattan](/video/FjWrKnfR/) ### The East Village Fire and Building Collapse in Manhattan [Philadelphia Building Collapse](/video/l71JuyMZ/) ### Philadelphia Building Collapse --- ## Transcript I heard a big explosion. I didn't know what was going on. So I decided to look out my window. It's a building complex so you could see the other side of the building. It started going into smoke. My neighbors came banging on my door telling me to get out. That I guess they was evacuating the building. And I couldn't get out, my door was jammed. Everything off my window sill fell. And I guess the impact of the explsion Jammed the door as well. How loud was it? It was extremely loud. I couldn't, I couldn't even explain it to you if I could. It was just so loud that I, it woke me up out of my sleep. That's how loud it was. I saw a man, looks like your father, was it, came up just a few minutes ago embraced you. Yes he did, because he was so worried by the way that I called him. I was I was actually almost having an anxiety attack. DeVon Brown works in the area and he lives in the area. What did you hear, DeVon? I heard two big boom. boom. And thank God that I passed through there, I didn't get hurt. Do you live very, you said you were on your way to work. You live right around the corner? I live right around the corner. I was on my way to work. Did, people said that they smelled gas. Did you smell any gas or anything? I didn't smell no gas, just heard two big, boom. boom And everybody saw that running, running crazy outside. Yeah. That's it. What happened, did you see them, Mrs. [ UNKNOWN ] said she saw them taking people away in an ambulance. Yeah, I seen them take at least 30 people or more in an ambulance. And I think that there's bodies still on the porch. I think that's from people who are living in the area here, but I do, we don't know if there's still people underneath the brick, obviously, but. I can say, from my vantage point, I can still see members of the fire department, police officers, going hand by hand, picking through debris. Ten minutes after the explosion, I was at 123rd and when it, I felt it all the way there in my living room as it shook. When I got here I saw tons of people kind of pouring out of a few buildings here. One... 16 and Madison Avenue in East Harlem. There's a few groups of people here speaking with the police. I'm actually not sure, they haven't confirmed if they have they have a loved one, or anyone inside. But there's groups of, you know 50 or so people standing on each side of the street. Outside of the laundromats, you know bodegas here. 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