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Giant Crane Collapses Falls 20 Story in New York

1,363 views · Published 5 February 2016 · 4:49 · Indexed 21 September 2026

Channel: Healing Frequencies · 2016 · Entertainment

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One dead, three injured as 20 story-high construction crane collapses during snowstorm crushing cars and sparking gas leaks
Crane at 57 Worth Street, near Church and West Broadway in Tribeca, lower Manhattan collapsed at 8:24am
One 38-year-old male died while sitting in his parked car; at least three more are injured, including one firefighter
The crane, which was permitted to move generators and air conditioning at 60 Hudson Street was being lowered when the incident occured 
ConEdison is inspecting a gas odor, and the collapse may have also caused a water main break.

One 38-year-old has died while sitting in his parked car after a construction crane collapsed in lower Manhattan at 8:24am, leaving at least three others injured, authorities said.

The crane, at 57 Worth Street near Church Street and West Broadway in Tribeca, was being lowered and secured when it plummeted between 15 and 18 stories, clipping two buildings as it fell on a line of parked cars.

Another victim was trapped in a vehicle, but they have been rescued, authorities say. Two were seriously injured along with one firefighter. All three have been taken to Bellevue Hospital Center.

It is unclear why the crane fell, but a permit was issued for it to move generators and air conditioning equipment at the former Wester Union building at 60 Hudson Street.

The crane was parked on Worth Street, and the incident occurred as the crane was being lowered in order to secure it during the snowy and windy conditions.

Officials had already directed people away from the area as they were lowering the crane. 

Mayor Bill deBlasio said it was a sad situation, but added: 'Thank God it was not any worse. It's something of a miracle that there wasn't more impact.'  

The NYPD's Sergeants Benevolent Association was across the street, and members of the union rushed out, making them the first on the scene. 

Vice President Bob Ganley of the association said: 'It was surreal. It was like a war zone when it first happened.'  


Kuvanya Pila, 21, was at a nearby beauty salon getting her hair done with her mother and sister before her wedding at City Hall.

Fire officials helped Pila and her family make in time for her wedding. She said: 'When it dropped, we could hear the [place] shake. It was just scary, cause things have been scary since 9/11.'

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