4 dead in Manhattan crane collapse

[Midnight Mike]

NEW YORK - A crane mounted to the side of a skyscraper under construction toppled with a roar Saturday, smashing into a block of apartment buildings, killing at least four people and setting off a scramble for survivors in the rubble.

The crane split into pieces as it fell, pulverizing a four-story brownstone and demolishing parts of three other buildings.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at least four people, believed to be construction workers, have died and at least 10 people were injured in one of the city's worst construction accidents in recent memory.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080315/ap_ ... e_accident

[Gerard]

If you look at the pictures and THINK about what happened(the actual crane portion flipping off and landing the next block over) this could have been a huge disaster. Amazing.
On an aviation note all the news channels scambled their ENG ships who were buzzing the area for hours and
at one point were asked to drop back to the East River while emergency crews went through the rubble. The sound of all the hovering copters impeded the rescuers who needed quiet so they could hear any survivors.