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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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To: COBOL2Java
Sheered the building? You can see through the building now?Yes, even proper spelling eludes the smarter than everyone Ivy league types.
Sheered = Sheared
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posted on
05/31/2015 3:21:24 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(CRUZing into 2016 with Ted.)
To: miss marmelstein; SaveFerris; PROCON; mylife; Gamecock; FredZarguna; FrdmLvr; ladyjane
Some of those brownstones don’t have elevators.
I remember the time Kramer and I had to carry Keith Hernandez’ air conditioner up three flights of stairs....
To: Larry Lucido
Right Larry...Next you’re going to tell us you have a menu from the Andrea Dorea......sheesh!
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posted on
05/31/2015 3:33:56 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(CRUZing into 2016 with Ted.)
To: EBH
when A rigging strap holding the air conditioner broke Next time use multiple straps....better yet ...chain.
To: Larry Lucido; SaveFerris; PROCON; mylife; Gamecock; FredZarguna; FrdmLvr; ladyjane
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posted on
05/31/2015 3:35:55 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
To: PROCON
It got me the apartment I wanted!
To: Larry Lucido
LOL. I’ve already been taken to the woodshed for not reading the article but I doubt a brownstone would go up as far as the article states. Plus, unless you go over to the far eastside, there are no brownstones in that area.
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posted on
05/31/2015 3:39:18 PM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
05/31/2015 3:39:32 PM PDT
by
mylife
("The roar of the masses could be farts")
To: Talisker
Probably lifting too heavy a load with too light of a crane.
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posted on
05/31/2015 3:39:36 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
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To: ClearCase_guy
I concur emphatically!
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posted on
05/31/2015 3:41:07 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
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To: PROCON; Larry Lucido
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posted on
05/31/2015 3:41:45 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
To: McGruff
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posted on
05/31/2015 3:43:37 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
(congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
To: Gamecock
Was it a Commando 8?Yes, but unrelated to the Commando 450 Showerhead
Commando 450 – (related term: Commando 8) 1. black market shower head made in the former Yugoslavia. 2. only used in the circus for elephants 3. quote: “…from what I hear the Serbs are fanatic about their showers.”
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posted on
05/31/2015 3:46:57 PM PDT
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PROCON
(CRUZing into 2016 with Ted.)
To: miss marmelstein; Larry Lucido
Brownstones? Brownstones?
We're talking Commando 8 Air-Conditioners here.......getoffamythread
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posted on
05/31/2015 3:49:28 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(CRUZing into 2016 with Ted.)
To: Jane Long
Typically the company doing the lift (The crane Company) supplies the equipment like spreader bars, chokers or straps on a highrise lift. The workers just follow the direction of the company hired to do such a lift. A but quick to put the blame on unions i would say.
To: PROCON
They use the Commando 9 to air condition the Sears Tower.
To: jmacusa
Probably lifting too heavy a load with too light of a crane. IIRC, the article said a strap broke.
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posted on
05/31/2015 3:56:56 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: PROCON
Talk to someone else. I didn’t say it was being hauled up to a brownstone. For God’s sake, I know the area and there aren’t any brownstones.
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posted on
05/31/2015 3:59:59 PM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
To: Larry Lucido
Yeah, just one, LOL.
I miss Seinfeld, probably seen every episode 10 times.
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posted on
05/31/2015 4:01:33 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(CRUZing into 2016 with Ted.)
To: miss marmelstein; Larry Lucido
There you go with the Brownstones again.
OK, do you own a Commando 8?
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posted on
05/31/2015 4:03:52 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(CRUZing into 2016 with Ted.)
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