Сonstruction crane collapsed
NEW YORK - A construction crane collapsed Friday on New York's Upper East Side, smashing into a 23-story apartment building as it fell to the ground, killing one construction worker and seriously injuring two others.
It was the second deadly crane accident in 2 1/2 months in the city, which is undergoing a building boom.
"What has happened is unacceptable and intolerable. Having said that, we do not know at the moment what happened or why," said Mayor Michael Bloomberg at a news conference, adding that it appears the builders followed regulations.
At a news conference, he said one of the casualties was in the cab of the crane and a second was on the street. He said he didn't know about the third person and didn't say who was killed.
The mayor said seven buildings have been evacuated as a precaution following the collapse.
"The sound was like a thunder clap. Then, an earthquake," said Peter Barba, who lives on the seventh floor of the damaged building across the street from where workers were erecting a luxury apartment tower.
One body was brought out of the rubble at East 91st Street and First Avenue, placed on a gurney and covered in a white sheet. A construction worker knelt over the stretcher, gently stroking the sheet.
It wasn't immediately clear whether there were additional fatalities.
Crews pulled others out of the wreckage, the Fire Department said. Their conditions were not immediately known.
Firefighters and rescue workers continued to search through the tangled wreckage.
His eyes filled with tears, Bair said his own life was saved because he left to get an egg sandwich a block away just before the collapse. "I thought, I'm hungry, and I want to go get something to eat — and that saved my life," he said.
He said he ran to the construction site, took a roll call of his 40 workers and discovered Alexis was missing.
"Everyone was shook up and crying," he said. "These are some hardened men, but they were crying."
AP, Buildersnation.net
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