NYC Crane Collapse: At Least 6 Injured
Jordy Jimenez was washing down the sidewalks outside 33 West 42nd Street when he heard the crash. “It was a loud, loud crash,” he said, adding that it was not a typical city noise.
Tyra Robbins, 26, who works at a building on 10th Avenue between 34th and 35th Streets, said she went outside after noticing a group of people who appeared to be taking photos of the sunrise. Instead, she said she saw a crane leaning over the street and that, within a minute, it fell.
“It was like it fell in slow motion,” Ms. Robbins said.
“I just froze. I couldn’t believe that was happening,” she said, adding that she saw a piece of the crane snap off and hit a building across the street. “I heard the cracking, and then saw the fire.”
Larry Krasner, who lives on the 54th floor of a building next to the site, said he didn’t see the crane fall but he heard an explosion afterward.
Source: The New York Times
