Emergency respond to the scene of a building collapse in...

Emergency respond to the scene of a building collapse in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn. (Nov. 8, 2011) Credit: AP

Firefighters have pulled three workers out of the rubble of a New York City construction collapse.

The Fire Department of New York says five people were injured in the collapse at the five-story building in Brooklyn Tuesday. One person is in critical condition. Two are in serious condition.

Images from a helicopter over the scene in Brighton Beach showed rescuers scrambling to claw their way through a pile of rubble where the building had mostly crumbled to the ground. One trapped worker was pulled onto a stretcher and lowered to the ground.

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