Death Toll Rises in Crane Collapse

Beth Janicek

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A 5 ½ ton steel collar being installed around a 20 story crane broke loose from a building on East 51st St. and as the collar fell it struck another collar, knocking it loose rendering the crane unstable. The unsupported crane tumbled, crashing into the building and leveling a town house.

Two construction workers and a woman from Miami were pulled from the Manhattan crane collapse. Torres, who lived in Miami was visiting a friend, John Gallego, in the town house that collapsed. Gallego was rescued under 30 feet of ruble and remains in critical condition.