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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
Posted on 05/31/2015 1:18:20 PM PDT by PROCON
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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KEYWORDS: ac; madeinchina; manhattan; ny; oops
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To: ladyjane
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posted on
05/31/2015 1:31:36 PM PDT
by
NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
To: FrdmLvr
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posted on
05/31/2015 1:32:14 PM PDT
by
mylife
("The roar of the masses could be farts")
To: ClearCase_guy
Heck yes. Those straps were probably burnt to a crisp due to Bush-caused global heat destruction.
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posted on
05/31/2015 1:32:24 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(CRUZing into 2016 with Ted.)
To: ladyjane
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posted on
05/31/2015 1:33:01 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: miss marmelstein
The article says it was a shipping container sized A/C unit. That’s practically the size of a semi-tractor trailer. A little big for an elevator.
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posted on
05/31/2015 1:33:36 PM PDT
by
HotHunt
To: ladyjane
Hey, my ex is a blonde...Did you hear the one about the blonde who walks into......
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posted on
05/31/2015 1:33:52 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(CRUZing into 2016 with Ted.)
To: PROCON
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posted on
05/31/2015 1:34:02 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: miss marmelstein
no elevator available?You are aware that this was not a stick-it-in-your-bungalo-window unit?
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posted on
05/31/2015 1:34:18 PM PDT
by
NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
To: PROCON; mylife; Gamecock; Larry Lucido; FredZarguna
The Commando 8 solves all sorts of dog-bite problems.
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posted on
05/31/2015 1:35:07 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: EBH
In this Obama economy everyone cuts corners.
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posted on
05/31/2015 1:35:53 PM PDT
by
tje
To: EBH
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posted on
05/31/2015 1:35:57 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: PROCON
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posted on
05/31/2015 1:36:48 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
To: PROCON
I blame riggers.
Can you use that word, still?
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posted on
05/31/2015 1:37:09 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: PROCON
I work in Manhattan and I usually walk around the block or whatever to avoid those cranes. I do not trust them.
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Have they ruled out Terrorism, yet? *SMIRK*Global warming.
Bigger conditioners.
Straps break.
To: tje
In this Obama economy everyone cuts corners.
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posted on
05/31/2015 1:39:22 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(CRUZing into 2016 with Ted.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin; Kathy in Alaska
I told you she was a trouble-maker, Ma.
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posted on
05/31/2015 1:40:47 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(CRUZing into 2016 with Ted.)
To: PROCON
I can't believe that is the rigging they used...
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posted on
05/31/2015 1:40:56 PM PDT
by
Popman
(Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
To: PROCON
Crane accidents happen.
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posted on
05/31/2015 1:42:09 PM PDT
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: FreedomPoster
Well, maybe, but that still makes you a riggcist.
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posted on
05/31/2015 1:42:18 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(CRUZing into 2016 with Ted.)
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