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    First Congregational Church collapses

    Firefighters at the scene Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, at First Congregational Church that collapsed in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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    First Congregational Church on State Street collapsed Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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    Emergency crews respond to the former First Congregational church in downtown New London, as seen from a window of a residence on the fourth floor of the Crocker House Apartments, where a tower collapsed in Thursday, January 25, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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    View from a block away of the collapsed First Congregational Church on State Street that collapsed Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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    Emergency crews respond to the former First Congregational church in downtown New London where a tower collapsed in Thursday, January 25, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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    People gather on Union Street in New London Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, to see the First Congregational Church on State Street that collapsed. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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    Emergency crews get a closer look at the damage on the fooling as they respond to the former First Congregational church in downtown New London where a tower collapsed in Thursday, January 25, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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    New London Fire Chief Thomas Curcio, center, and Sue Rochester-Bolen, senior director of disaster services for eastern Connecticut's division of the Red Cross, and others gather at the scene of the collapse of the First Congregational Church on State Street Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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    A crowd watches from Union Street as emergency crews respond to the former First Congregational church in downtown New London where a tower collapsed in Thursday, January 25, 2024. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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    View from Eugene O’Neill Drive of the First Congregational Church on State Street that collapsed Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New London. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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    Mayor Michael Passero holds a press conference Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, about the collapse of First Congregational Church on State Street in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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    A search and rescue dog and handler go over the debris of the First Congregational Church on State Street that collapsed Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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    Members of the New London Fire Department with dump trucks and large excavators at the site of First Congregational Church on State Street that collapsed earlier in the afternoon Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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    An excavator clears debris to clear an area from the collapse of the First Congregational Church on State Street Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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    Members of the New London Fire Department and others with a large excavator at the site of First Congregational Church on State Street that collapsed earlier in the afternoon Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New London. (Dana Jensen/The Day)
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    New London ― The First Congregational Church on State Street collapsed Thursday afternoon. The cause of the collapse is not known.