Crane Collapses On N.Y. Buildings; at Least Four Dead
Sunday Gazette-Mail › March 17, 2008
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NEW YORK - A crane rising 19 stories alongside a skyscraper under construction toppled like a tree across a city block Saturday, crashing into apartment buildings, killing four people and setting off a scramble for survivors.
The crane split into pieces as it fell, pulverizing a four-story townhouse and demolishing parts of three other buildings. One man was pulled from the townhouse 3 1/2 hours after the building was crushed.See the full content of this document
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Crane Collapses On N.Y. Buildings; at Least Four Dead
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.
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