http://twitter.com/#!/piersmorgan/status/262985621512019970
Numerous media outlets are reporting a partial crane collapse at a high-rise on West 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan.
Top portion of a 70+ storey crane collapses at a building project at 157 W. 57th St, in Manhattan.
#Sandy #NYC twitter.com/Matrix_Travele…
— SteveV (@Matrix_Traveler)
October 29, 2012
A crane on top of a building on W 57th street is breaking… please stay safe folks.
#Sandy twitter.com/PiersTonight/s…
— Piers Morgan Tonight (@PiersTonight)
October 29, 2012
Broken crane outside my office now live on CNN – completely buckled, and dangling dangerously over midtown Manhattan.
#Sandy #NY
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan)
October 29, 2012
Damaged, dangling crane atop (for now) 1 57th Street NYC.
twitter.com/jonathanwald/s…
— Jonathan Wald (@jonathanwald)
October 29, 2012
This crane collapse is scary on West 57th!
#sandy
— Katie Couric (@katiecouric)
October 29, 2012
This is a 90 story luxury condo. Why they didn’t take down this crane is beyond me.
#Sandy
— Katie Couric (@katiecouric)
October 29, 2012
Here’s a better shot of
#Sandy-damaged crane on new 57th St. hi-rise danglingin wind.
instagr.am/p/RYGSPsKWiS/
— Jonathan Wald (@jonathanwald)
October 29, 2012
That broken crane is dangling from the tallest residential building in NY, right outside CNN in NY. Alarming.
#Sandy twitter.com/piersmorgan/st…
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan)
October 29, 2012
That broken crane is dangling from the tallest residential building in NY, right outside CNN in NY. Alarming.
#Sandy twitter.com/piersmorgan/st…
— peter (@smartboiATL)
October 29, 2012
Direct view of crane from apartment window. Crane was never properly secured, blowing in the breeze.
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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
October 29, 2012
All weights are on crane’s wrong side —very precarious below, move out!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
October 29, 2012
PHOTO: Wow “View of crane through a telescope.. It’s already broken off & is definetely going to fall” RT @
cmwdotme twitter.com/newsbreaker/st…
— NewsBreaker (@newsbreaker)
October 29, 2012
Apparently, Carnegie Hall would be in the path of the crane should it fall:
“The crane is poised to plunge into Carnegie Hall!” (Actual quote)
#CraneWatch2012 #Sandy
— Geri Fletcher (@ggfletcher)
October 29, 2012
This dangling crane is reportedly poised to spear into Carnegie Hall…
flickr.com/photos/scripti…
— NickdMiller (@NickdMiller)
October 29, 2012
Building residents have been evacuated:
NYPD spokesperson tells me residents on west 57th between 6 and 7th st are evacuating to lower floors of buildings due to crane collapse.
— Julia La Roche (@SallyPancakes)
October 29, 2012
That crane is coming down. RT @
nyscanner: 157 West 57 St 3 Alarm being transmitted for the Crane that is about the fall onto the street.
— Mark Dorison (@markdorison)
October 29, 2012
Please stay safe, everyone.
Twitchy will continue to monitor this story and bring you updates.
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A couple of crane-related parody accounts quickly sprang up on Twitter:
not one but TWO parody accounts: @
one57crane and @
danglingcrane. my take: new yorkers who don’t usually work at home aren’t so good at it.
— adam j. sontag (@ajpiano)
October 29, 2012
@DanglingCrane was swiftly shut down:
@
ajpiano hah and @
danglingcrane was suspended already?!@? wow.
— Karl Tiedt (@ktiedt)
October 29, 2012
As of now, the
@One57Crane account is still active.
Read more:
http://twitchy.com/2012/10/29/frightening-high-winds-from-hurricane-sandy-cause-partial-crane-collapse-in-nyc/
Frightening: High winds from Hurricane Sandy cause partial crane collapse in NYC
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