"Police 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."
"Firefighters responded to the home at 564 Kingston Ave. just before 4:30 p.m. Thursday, the FDNY says. 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."
A 39-year-old man was pulled from a flooded basement at 564 Kingston Ave in East Flatbush and later pronounced dead at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County. Firefighters and FDNY SCUBA units responded to the address just before 4:30 p.m. A rescue diver searched through basement floodwater, removed the man, and EMS transported him to the hospital. Officials identified the death as the first confirmed storm-related fatality in Brooklyn on Thursday. Emergency crews conducted an underwater rescue amid severe basement flooding linked to the storm and transported the victim for medical evaluation where he was pronounced dead.
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