WATCHING YANKEE GAME SAVED FuBAR OWNER'S LIFE--3/15/08
NEW YORK - "A crane mounted to the side of a skyscraper under construction toppled and smashed into a block of apartment buildings, killing at least four people and setting off a scramble for survivors in the towering piles of rubble.
- Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at least 10 people were injured in one of New York City’s worst construction accidents in recent memory. The dead are all believed to be construction workers....
The accident happened on 51st Street near 2nd Avenue at about 2:20 p.m. at the construction site of a high-rise condominium. It involved a crane that had been the subject of recent safety complaints....
- John PlaGreco, who owns Fu Bar located in the building that was crushed, said he feared one of his employees was dead in the rubble.
"Our bar is done," he said. "The crane crashed the whole building. If I wasn’t watching a Yankees game, I would’ve come to work early and gotten killed.""....
- From AP report, "Bloomberg Says at Least 4 Dead in Manhattan Crane Accident," 3/15/08, published on BostonHerald.com
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