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Young father, two children among eight killed in Flatbush building collapse

Construction site where José Luis Caguana Cosquillo worked now under investigation

BY CARTER MYERS-BROWN
Posted 11/20/26

José Luis Caguana Cosquillo, a 26-year-old Ecuadorian immigrant who worked at a neighboring construction site was among eight people killed when a three-story building in Flatbush collapsed Wednesday afternoon.

Caguana had been living in the United States for about six years and was the sole provider for his family including his pregnant wife and 4-year-old son, his brother, Carlos Caguana, told WNBC-TV. His wife is expecting their second child in the coming days.

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