Century-old church destroyed by fire in NYC

Nearly 200 firefighters were called to fight a major fire that spread to a century-old church in New York City.


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[otherthrakker]

Seems like these are getting more common.

[andyb]

We all know what organization did this!

[abdullahsyed]

Just like that, more history is lost again my friends

[fullvhappiness]

What the hell they are doing？It is real bad thing.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[jamiemartin]

A poster on another news site who sounds as if she is a local citizen and knowledgeable of the neighborhood reports that developers wanted the empty building condemned so that they could develop the property but the city wasn't going for it. She is sure that the owners hired someone to burn it down. Whether they anticipated burning the church down or not is another question. That the fire trucks arrived 3 minutes after the call came in and the buildings were already engulfed in flames sounds like a propellent was used.

[des]

Wait until you see a condo or business establishment build on that ground...

[JckCrw]

For those that don't know, criminsls practice this for new building development.

[icouldjustscream]

That's a shame. Hopefully no one was seriously hurt or remains found in the aftermath.

[claytondefreitas]

Very sad such historic buildings should never ever be so close to other buildings .it was attached to a ghastly brick building where the fire started, ..very sad

[McLKeith]

Have a human being talk. This format of video is unacceptable.

[thebigbull]

I am not a Christian but as somebody who respect every religion, this is really sad 😢 and disturbing

[ppeter]

Deblasio's homeless building camp fires inside abandoned buildings next to a church.

[syrenka]

Jésus, j’ai confiance en Toi!

Père Eternel, je T’offre le Corps et le Sang, l’Ame et la Divinité de Ton Fils bien-aimé, notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, en réparation de nos péchés et de ceux du monde entier.

Par Sa douloureuse passion, sois miséricordieux pour nous et pour le monde entier.

Dieu Saint, Dieu Fort, Dieu Eternel, prends pitié de nous et du monde entier.

[joobchrismac]

U cant sell jesus christ on penny on dollar i wont let u

[joobchrismac]

By my name i will make him great again

[MatthewJR]

and it was in my brithday wierd
an i go to chucrh

[yahyajama]

It’s probably Martin Luther with his nail and hammer 🔨

[jonydepp]

Varg vikerness is coming in every town hahaha

[Josilee]

Check out UTube Channel: JonLevi. "Old World structures being systematically being destroyed, since many years.