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 pic.twitter.com/qixFS71M
— Steve O (@Matrix_Traveler) October 29, 2012
A crane on top of a building on W 57th street is breaking… please stay safe folks. #Sandy pic.twitter.com/Sql7540y
— Piers Morgan Live (@PiersMorganLive) 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
https://twitter.com/jonathanwald/status/262985708313133056
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
https://twitter.com/jonathanwald/status/262986804309917696
That broken crane is dangling from the tallest residential building in NY, right outside CNN in NY. Alarming. #Sandy pic.twitter.com/wjNYlCzl
— 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 pic.twitter.com/vosAPHnh
— peter (@smartboiATL) October 29, 2012
Direct view of crane from apartment window. Crane was never properly secured, blowing in the breeze. http://t.co/fHVEFZd9
— 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 pic.twitter.com/uwMsYEGz— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) October 29, 2012
Apparently, Carnegie Hall would be in the path of the crane should it fall:
https://twitter.com/ggfletcher/status/263004202614288384
https://twitter.com/NickdMiller/status/263004201599266816
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 (@JuliaLaRoche) October 29, 2012
https://twitter.com/markdorison/status/263008515545784320
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.
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