The Nation - News from Oct. 25, 1988

A six-story building in Manhattan’s Garment District collapsed, killing one man and injuring at least 10 people, including a woman trapped for eight hours in the rubble. The collapse caused a major disruption of rail and subway service and street traffic just before rush hour. About eight hours later, a body was pulled from the rubble and tentatively identified as the building’s owner, Frank DeSantos, police said. Officials said the search for possible victims was continuing, although two others who had been missing were accounted for. Service on most West Side subway lines, the Long Island Rail Road and the Port Authority’s trans-Hudson lines was halted for more than an hour because of concerns about vibrations and noise. The cause of the collapse was not immediately known, but the Fire Department said a trench had been dug along one wall of the building.