The outspoken governor held nothing back Monday when asked about the Nets' decision to leave the state after spending the past 35 years in New Jersey, including the last two in the state's largest city.

Christie said that if the Nets didn't want to stay in New Jersey, the state didn't want them. He said the team spent the last two seasons in one of the country's most vibrant cities and he sarcastically said they were leaving for Brooklyn.

Speaking after a bill signing in Newark, the fiery Christie said he would not be shedding any tears over the Nets' departure.

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Using a remote-controlled camera, rescuers could see the victim in a car on the first level down but couldn't get to the person because they were concerned about the possibility of another collapse at the three-story garage, Hackensack fire Lt. Stephen Lindner said. They could not determine the victim's condition.

Crews were clearing debris and shoring up the structure before they could attempt to rescue the victim.

"We are absolutely making progress" in getting to the victim, Lindner said. "We have engineers on the scene, but right now it looks like the building is structurally sound."

Authorities were checking out whether another person might also be trapped, Lindner said. Surveillance cameras detected a car in motion on the lowest level of the garage around the time of the collapse, but authorities weren't sure whether the driver made it out, he said.

The garage pancaked when the canopy fell on it, damaging vehicles. The top of the garage, level with the street, was littered with dirt, debris and glass, and the pavement split into chunks.

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