Massive Crane Collapses In NYC; 1 Dead
Two others seriously injured as crane plunges to the ground in Lower Manhattan
NEW YORK -- A huge construction crane being lowered to safety in a snow squall plummeted onto a Lower Manhattan street Friday, killing a Wall Street worker in a parked car and leaving three people hurt by debris that scattered as the rig's lengthy boom fell, officials said.
The mobile crane's boom landed across an intersection, smashed several car roofs and stretched much of a block after the accident around 8:25 a.m. at a historic building about 10 blocks north of the World Trade Center.
"It felt like a bomb," a woman told CBS New York station WCBS-TV.
Robert Harold heard a crashing sound as the rig fell right outside his office window at the Legal Aid Society.
"You could feel the vibration in the building," said Harold, who recounted seeing onlookers trying to rescue someone trapped in a parked car and seeing a person lying motionless on the street.
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The mobile crane's boom landed across an intersection, smashed several car roofs and stretched much of a block after the accident around 8:25 a.m. at a historic building about 10 blocks north of the World Trade Center.
"It felt like a bomb," a woman told CBS New York station WCBS-TV.
Robert Harold heard a crashing sound as the rig fell right outside his office window at the Legal Aid Society.
"You could feel the vibration in the building," said Harold, who recounted seeing onlookers trying to rescue someone trapped in a parked car and seeing a person lying motionless on the street.
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