Is called staines and NYPD used it to search for survivors and assess the destruction that killed one and injured five in the parking garage collapse that collapsed on Tuesday the 18th in the financial district of lower Manhattan.
The police department said it eliminated the robot dog instead of firefighters after the structural integrity of the nearly 100-year-old building at 57 Ann St. was deemed unsafe.
the landslide caused the death of a garage worker, left five injured and vehicles crushed after concrete floors fell on top of each other, authorities said.
“Thank God we had the robotic dog who managed to enter the building. Ideally, this is what we’re talking about in order not to send a human into a building deemed unstable,” Mayor Eric Adams said of the scene, according to reports. New York Post.
The robot puppy weighs 32 kilos and was created by the Boston Dynamics company. A year ago it cost $70,000 and the police department uses it specifically for search and rescue missions.
The E-hound is painted with spots resembling the markings of a Dalmatian, the breed of dog used by fire stations.
Video taken by a passerby showed vehicles dangling perilously from the top floor of the three-story building, while people nearby described a terrifying crash followed by screams.
“It felt like an earthquake”said Liam Gaeta, a student at nearby Pace University. Other students said they saw vehicles fall from the building.
Authorities said a worker was trapped in one of the upper levels and was rescued through a nearby roof.
The crash happened around 4:00 pm a few blocks from City Hall and the Brooklyn Bridge, and about half a mile from the New York Stock Exchange.
The collapse left the building ‘completely unstable’Mayor Eric Adams said at a press conference. The firefighters had to withdraw due to the risks, and instead proceeded searches with a drone and the robot dogsaid Fire Department operations chief John Esposito.
The building was “crushed, it collapsed to the basement,” interim urbanization commissioner Kazimir Vilenchik said.
William Flashnick, 19, was inside a classroom at Pace University when he and his friend thought they heard an explosion and ran to the window to look. When they opened the window a thick column of dust rose up.
Once it was clear, they looked down into the parking lot, where there were overturned vehicles and the upper tier had been completely cracked.
At first, Flashnick feared for their lives. His first thought was of the World Trade Center, which dominates the neighborhood.
“We were scared, considering the history of this place, it’s pretty scary,” she said.
Source: Clarin
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