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Rescuers scour rubble after NYC crane collapses, killing 4
Victims believed to be construction workers, says Bloomberg
Saturday, March 15, 2008
The Associated Press
A giant crane mounted to the side of a skyscraper under construction collapsed into a block of residential buildings in New York City on Saturday, killing at least four people, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
A section of collapsed crane lies on top of a crushed building in midtown Manhattan on Saturday.
(Jason DeCrow/Associated Press) The crane split into pieces as it fell, pulverizing one small, brick apartment building and demolishing parts of several other buildings on Manhattan's East Side.
Bloomberg said at least four people, believed to be construction workers, died and at least 10 others were injured by the falling crane in one of the city's worst construction accidents in recent memory.
"It's a horrible situation, very gory. There's blood in the street," said Lt. Gov. David Paterson, who takes over as governor from the disgraced Eliot Spitzer on Monday.
An intensive, but delicate rescue operation was underway to free anyone still trapped in the rubble. Firefighters searched piles of wreckage, several storeys high, looking for victims.
Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta said the rescue was "a painstaking hand operation" as crews tried to remove the rubble without causing further collapse or injury to anyone who might still be in the building.
He said the operation would continue all night if necessary, and would include the use of search dogs and thermal-imaging and listening devices.
Part of the crane that collapsed.
(Frank Franklin II/Associated Press) John LaGreco, who owns Fu Bar in the crushed building, said he feared one of his employees was dead inside.
"Our bar is done," he said. "The crane crashed the whole building. If I wasn't watching a Yankees game, I would've come to work early and gotten killed."
A piece of steel fell and sheared off one of the ties holding the crane to the building, causing it to detach and topple, said Stephen Kaplan, an owner of the Reliance Construction Group.
"It was an absolute freak accident," Kaplan said. "All the piece of steel had to do was fall slightly left or right, and nothing would have happened."
Kaplan said the company had subcontracted the work to different companies and was not in charge of the crane. He wasn't sure if any workers at the site were among those killed.
Neighbourhood residents said they had complained to the city several times about the construction at the site, saying crews worked illegal hours and the building was going up too fast.
Victims believed to be construction workers, says Bloomberg
Saturday, March 15, 2008
The Associated Press
A giant crane mounted to the side of a skyscraper under construction collapsed into a block of residential buildings in New York City on Saturday, killing at least four people, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
(Jason DeCrow/Associated Press)
Bloomberg said at least four people, believed to be construction workers, died and at least 10 others were injured by the falling crane in one of the city's worst construction accidents in recent memory.
"It's a horrible situation, very gory. There's blood in the street," said Lt. Gov. David Paterson, who takes over as governor from the disgraced Eliot Spitzer on Monday.
An intensive, but delicate rescue operation was underway to free anyone still trapped in the rubble. Firefighters searched piles of wreckage, several storeys high, looking for victims.
Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta said the rescue was "a painstaking hand operation" as crews tried to remove the rubble without causing further collapse or injury to anyone who might still be in the building.
He said the operation would continue all night if necessary, and would include the use of search dogs and thermal-imaging and listening devices.
(Frank Franklin II/Associated Press)
"Our bar is done," he said. "The crane crashed the whole building. If I wasn't watching a Yankees game, I would've come to work early and gotten killed."
A piece of steel fell and sheared off one of the ties holding the crane to the building, causing it to detach and topple, said Stephen Kaplan, an owner of the Reliance Construction Group.
"It was an absolute freak accident," Kaplan said. "All the piece of steel had to do was fall slightly left or right, and nothing would have happened."
Kaplan said the company had subcontracted the work to different companies and was not in charge of the crane. He wasn't sure if any workers at the site were among those killed.
Neighbourhood residents said they had complained to the city several times about the construction at the site, saying crews worked illegal hours and the building was going up too fast.
