At Least Two Dead After Crane Collapses in NY

PlusAt Least Two Dead After Crane Collapses in NYAt Least Two Dead After Crane Collapses in NYThe Associated PressTwo people are now dead after a crane collapsed and smashed into a 23-story apartment building in New York City. Both men were construction workers. Bonny Ghosh reports from New York. (May 30)(TARA HAMILTON) "earthquake shaking really bad earthquake the building shook")WITH A CRASH THAT ECHOED FOR BLOCKS....(NAT POP PHILIP SCHIFFMAN "I thought I was gonna die seriously)....A NEW YORK COMMUNITY AWOKE FRIDAY MORNING TO A SIGHT AS HORRIFYING AS THE SOUND THAT SCARED MANY OF THEM OUT OF BED(LAUREN DUNN) "I was asleep all of a sudden I heard a tank coming through the building and just drove the bed and got as close to the inside of the building as we could since we were on the corner where the crane hit"(ASIA GIBSON) "I though Godzilla came to new york that's how our building shook"AS NEW YORKERS GOT READY TO START THEIR DAY, A CONSTRUCTION CRANE BROKE APART AND SMASHED INTO A TWENTY THREE STORY BUILDING, DEMOLISHING ONE OF THE TOP UNITS AND SENDING CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS CRASHING DOWN ONTO THE STREETS BELOW(SCOTT BAIR) "it looked like a nine eleven it looked like a mini nine eleven on ninety first street"THE CRANE COLLAPSE SENT TWO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS PLUMMETING FROM THE TOP OF THE BUILDING...TWO MEN DIED WHILE ANOTHER MAN IS IN SERIOUS CONDITION...POLICE AND FIRE OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO SEARCH THROUGH THE FALLEN DEBRIS TO MAKE SURE NO ONE ELSE IS TRAPPED UNDERNEATH....(STANDUP BONNY GHOSH) "this latest collapse is just two and half months after the last crane collapse right here in manhattan....it has new yorkers on edge wondering when the next crane is going to fall and whether they'll be safe."(BRAD BARNETT) "what happened on 53rd street I gotta look at this crane you're always looking up what if god forbid what if"(SCOTT OHRABLO) "i walk in the other side of the street now it's very scary"FOR NOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WITHOUT A PLACE TO STAY FOR A NIGHT...SEVEN BUILDINGS AND APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED SIXTY APARTMENTS WERE EVACUATED....POLICE SAY AN INVESTIGATION COULD TAKE SEVERAL DAYS, BUT FOR NEW YORKERS MORE THAN KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED IS TO FIND OUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT THIS FROM EVER HAPPENING AGAIN....BONNY GHOSH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK. ___ ___, The Associated Press.(****END****) ANCHOR VOICE: Bonny Ghosh-------------------------VIDEO PRODUCER: Bonny Ghosh / Michael Waldon ------------------------------VIDEO SOURCE: APTN --------------------------VIDEO APPROVAL: Donna Starddard------------------------------VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: None----------------------------------SCRIPT/WIRE SOURCE:

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[myalteredself]

Does she know Godzilla isn't real? lol.

[poornation]

A mini 9/11? Do you really need to jump to conclusions...?

[moneybelt22]

@myalteredself you saw obama come to ny?

[moneybelt22]

@georgestan wtf? .26  wtf? godzella? hold it mama! the sun was in your ears

[papa12213]

Walking the DAWGS LMAO NY accent is soo funny!

[papa12213]

The rad haired girl at 20 secs is lovely! The Black girl is on crack or somthing, ugly monkey!

[illshowupvp]

LOL THE GUY AT 42 HIS EYES

[SpiderPig01]

lol

[yeghiazaryann]

ayy man i was there im from NYC shite that was horrable i was walking and booom earthquick happend and i saw the crane shacking hard so i tried to move away cuz i got scare and then everyone started scriming i look up and there the crane clapsed right in front of me man shite horabilee i was crying

[LEGENDBOYZ901]

thats satan's work..he's here

[georgestan]

Nah, Godzilla signed a contract with the USA not to go there, he sticks to destroying Japan.

[si96]

What conclusion? He wasn't claiming it was terrorism. The crane crashed into the building and it looked like a mini 9/11 to him.