Search for survivors after high-rise collapse
Kenyan authorities are searching for survivors after a high-rise building collapsed while it was under construction. NBC News’ Valerie Castro reports.
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The stunning collapse captured on video.
Dust clouds soaring into the air.
An 18-story high-rise under construction crumbles
in the middle of the day in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
People down on the street scrambling for safety
when the building falls to the ground.
First responders looking for survivors.
The police commissioner reporting
at least one woman was rescued seen in this video.
Officials reporting dozens of construction workers
who were on the site were all accounted for.
There were 67 workers, and one got injured, and 66 escaped and hurt.
But tonight, word others could still be missing.
This man in video posted
to social media says he was on the sixth floor,
that he made it out, but others were not able to.
Tonight, the cause of collapse still under investigation,
with the urgent race to find survivors underway.
Valerie Castro, NBC News.