Crane drops huge air conditioning unit down 30 stories in Midtown, damaging building and injuring..

nydailynews.com ^ | May 31, 2015 | Greg B. Smith , Edgar Sandoval , Keldy Ortiz , Caitlin Nolan , Stephen Rex Brown

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A crane hauling an air conditioner into the top floor of a 30-story building dropped the heavy load Sunday morning, smashing parts of the building and injuring 10 people.

Workers were loading the shipping container-sized machine into 261 Madison Ave. when a rigging strap holding the air conditioner broke, a city official familiar with the ongoing investigation told the Daily News.

The chiller sheered the building as it fell. Debris rained down on Madison Ave. around E. 38th St.

Part of the 30-story building's facade near the roof was bashed open.

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