{"id":109513,"date":"2026-11-14T02:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T02:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/man-whose-wife-son-were-injured-in-brooklyn-building-collapse-wants-answers-the-building-had-no-reason-to-fall-on-its-own\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T02:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T02:02:15","slug":"man-whose-wife-son-were-injured-in-brooklyn-building-collapse-wants-answers-the-building-had-no-reason-to-fall-on-its-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/man-whose-wife-son-were-injured-in-brooklyn-building-collapse-wants-answers-the-building-had-no-reason-to-fall-on-its-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Man whose wife, son were injured in Brooklyn building collapse wants answers: &#8220;The building had no reason to fall on its own&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The world crumbled around Anderson Velez&#8217;s family on Wednesday when the multi-use Brooklyn building <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/live-updates\/brooklyn-building-collapse-search-survivors\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">where they resided collapsed<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/brooklyn-building-collapse-video-inside-apartment\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Video from a baby monitor<\/a><\/span> showed his terrified sons and wife, Joanna, inside their third-floor apartment as the walls broke open and crashed. CBS News also obtained surveillance video capturing the apartment building and storefront crashing down.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/brooklyn-building-collapse-victims-identified\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Eight people<\/a><\/span>, ranging in age from 9 to 31, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/brooklyn-building-collapse-flatbush-avenue-nyc-cleanup-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">died in the collapse<\/a><\/span>, including two children. Another 18 were injured.<\/p>\n<p>Joanna Velez remains hospitalized, as does their 9-year-old son, Pablo Alvarez, who is recovering from surgery for a severe head injury. Miraculously, their 2-year-old son Joseph Alvarez survived with barely a scratch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anderson Velez, who was not home at the time, told CBS News his fear when he heard of the collapse was that his children had &#8220;lost their lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The building where the Velez family resided collapsed into an adjacent construction site and also tore off the side of another building in the process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, the search for answers and accountability is underway, as the Brooklyn District Attorney&#8217;s Office has launched a criminal investigation into the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The collapsed building had 98 open violations, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/flatbush-brooklyn-building-collapse-violations\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">according to records<\/a><\/span>\u00a0from the New York City Department of Buildings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The same agency had also earlier this year ordered a contractor to stop demolition work that was underway at the adjacent construction site. When the contractor continued the demolition work despite the stop-work order, the buildings department issued a violation in April. <\/p>\n<p>In May, though, the violation was addressed and the stop-work order was lifted, the buildings department said. <\/p>\n<p>That contractor, Townhouse Builders, has been sued at least 67 times since 2012, according to court records reviewed by CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Buildings do not simply collapse without systemic failures,&#8221; Farah Louis, a member of the New York City Council, said in a news conference Friday. &#8220;Especially when records show a building with nearly 100 open violations sitting next to an excavation site cited for violating a stop-work order.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anderson Velez believes that construction taking place in the site next door led to the collapse. <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The building had no reason to fall on its own,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about his thoughts when he sees the video of the collapse, Anderson Velez 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