Brooklyn building collapse victims all suffocated to death in the rubble: M.E

The eight people killed when a Brooklyn building collapsed were crushed to death, the weight of the rubble they were buried under leaving them unable to breathe, officials said Friday.

The city’s medical examiner listed the cause of death for all of the fatal collapse victims as asphyxia.

In most of the cases, the M.E. said, it was due to chest compression.

Among those killed were Jose Luis Caguana Cosquillo, 26, and Gabriel Siguencia, 22, who, in addition to asphyxiation, also succumbed to blunt force injuries of the torso and lower extremities, according to the medical examiner.