Video, Audio & Rush Transcript: Governor Hochul Updates Search Efforts of Building Collapse in Brooklyn

VIDEO: The event is available to stream on YouTube here and TV quality video is available here (h.264, mp4).

AUDIO: The Governor's remarks are available in audio form here.

A rush transcript of the Governor's remarks is available below:

Great to be here with everyone. But before I start, we have a serious situation to deal with, which is the building collapse in Brooklyn - absolutely heartbreaking.

When people are in their homes feeling that they're secure and safe with their families to have this horrific incident occur - and for those families who've lost a loved one they already know or are injured and waiting for their recovery - it is horrific.

We're in close communication with City Hall, FDNY and truly the first responders. I have to say this, for the fire department to be on the scene in one minute, I cannot imagine how much worse this could've been if they were not there literally instantaneously. A minute later is extraordinary. Extraordinary. And I know their efforts are ongoing. It's been a long night for them.

And of course the scope of the tragedy is still coming into focus, and we know that the death roll has absolutely risen overnight. A lot of people went to bed thinking it was eight, or it was two and now it's eight. And 19 people, including firefighters, were injured. And children were involved. There were eight, seven or eight children involved as well, and we know those numbers could rise.

But I want to assure you city officials are leading the investigation. New Yorkers are stunned by what they're seeing, but the investigators are already at work. And New Yorkers deserve to know how and why this happened. They'll get to the bottom of it. And we will make sure that we support them in any way - as I've offered the full support of the State of New York for them.

That's what is on everybody's mind this morning. Just, it's just horrific, absolutely horrific.