Man dies after diver pulls him from basement floodwaters in East Flatbush
Firefighters responded to the home at 564 Kingston Ave. just before 4:30 p.m. Thursday, the FDNY says.
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18ds agoPolice say a man died after an FDNY diver rescued him from a flooded basement in East Flatbush.
The 39-year-old man's death marks the first confirmed storm-related fatality in Brooklyn on Thursday.
FDNY SCUBA responded to the home at 564 Kingston Ave. just before 4:30 p.m.
A rescue diver searched through floodwater in the basement and removed the 39-year-old man, the FDNY says. EMS took him to NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County, where he was pronounced dead.
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