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Toll From NYC Crane Collapse Hits 7

Monday, March 17, 2008 3:59:39 PM
By KAREN MATTHEWS

A crane, left, stand at the ready as part of an effort to clear a collapsed construction crane that leans against an apartment building on 51st Street near Second Avenue in New York, Sunday, March 16, 2008.  Crews with search dogs and heat-sensing cameras sought survivors or more victims Sunday in piles of rubble after a giant crane at a Manhattan construction site toppled like a tree across a city block, destroying buildings and killing at least four people.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)NEW YORK (AP) - The last of seven bodies was pulled from the rubble Monday at the site of a crane collapse that obliterated a town house and severely damaged other buildings.

Six construction workers and a woman in town for St. Patrick's Day were killed Saturday when the crane broke away from an apartment tower under construction and toppled like a tree onto buildings as far as a block away. The last three bodies were found Monday.

A preliminary city investigation found that the crane toppled after a steel collar used to tie it to the side of the building fell as workers attempted to install it.


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