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baudown ([personal profile] baudown) wrote2016-02-05 10:01 am

My office this morning

Fatal crane collapse directly in front of my office this morning. We have been evacuated. Everyone I know is (luckily) fine.images

[identity profile] baudown.livejournal.com 2016-02-05 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
The fucking thing was already 570+ feet long.

[identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com 2016-02-06 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
??????

That's INSANE. Was this crane the state's or a private contractor's? Who's to blame here for the immense stupidity?

[identity profile] baudown.livejournal.com 2016-02-06 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
Private contractor. I guess a lot of different agencies are investigating. No answers yet. but there's just so much crazy construction going on, and it's NYC, so there's nowhere to build but up. It's too much.

[identity profile] red-satin-doll.livejournal.com 2016-02-06 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Last time I visited NYC was two years ago and - I'm not even sure that "up" is a possibility anymore given the density of the city, and maybe this is evidence?

I'm sure there will be months of litigation, finger-pointing and passing the buck. None of which brings back the victims or comforts their families.