One person has died and four others have been hospitalized after a parking garage collapsed in lower Manhattan’s Financial District. The building “pancaked” leaving cars on top of one another and causing some to teeter on the unstable roof. Six workers were in the three-story garage when it collapsed, and one was trapped on an upper floor but rescued via a neighboring roof. Classes at the nearby Pace University were canceled, and an adjacent dorm and classroom building were evacuated. Concerns about the building’s stability led firefighters to withdraw their personnel at one point, and the search was conducted with drones and a robotic dog. According to Acting Buildings Commissioner Kazimir Vilenchik, permits for the building dated back to 1957 but there were “active violations” dating from 2003 onwards. The cause of the collapse is currently being investigated by engineers.