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Preliminary FDNY reports said Wednesday that the catastrophic collapse of a Financial District parking garage was likely caused by the building's age and the number of cars on its top deck -- as the Manhattan District Attorney's Office opened a probe into the disaster.
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Willis Moore, 59, was at work when the parking garage came tumbling down, with rubble from upper floors crushing cars below and the pancake collapse reaching down to the basement, authorities said.
Willis Moore, who is listed on LinkedIn as the “location manager” for Little Man Parking, is believed to be the unaccounted victim of the garage collapses on Ann Street Tuesday.
Mayor Eric Adams said during a press conference on Wednesday that there were more than 50 cars on the top level of the roof - blaming heavy SUV's and electric vehicles.
Neighbors are identifying the victim of the Ann St. parking garage collapse in Lower Manhattan as 59-year-old Willis Moore.