Hubby of miracle pregnant woman hauled from Brooklyn building collapse hauntingly recalls horror that killed roommates

The  husband of the pregnant woman who was miraculously carried alive on a stretcher from the wreckage of a collapsed Brooklyn building wept Friday as he recalled leaving their home 5 minutes before the carnage — which claimed the lives of the couple’s two male roommates.“Five minutes after I left the building, the collapse happened.I went on to get groceries,” said the shaken Guinea native, identified as Mamadou Mouctar Balde by a local city councilman’s office, in French at a press conference.“When I returned, I found the New York City firefighters, the Red Cross, the police, and all neighbors gathered together, trying to figure out how to save the people who were inside the building,” Balde said.“I hadn’t seen my wife.

I hadn’t seen my neighbors.I didn’t know where I was anymore.”The stricken man’s wife, Fatoumata Binta Bah, 33, who is six months pregnant, became a face of the tragedy when the gripping photo of her on a stretcher emerged after three-story building  collapsed around 4 p.m.  Wednesday.She and the baby are OK, her husband said.But the couple’s two male roommates, also from Guinea, were among the eight people killed in the horror.“I’m feeling sad.

I am very, very sad.I don’t have words to explain,‘’ Balde said.He said he last saw one of their killed roommates ordering food.“I can still see him today, in my heart, getting dressed to come and collect his package,‘’ Balde said....