Crane Collapse in Tribeca

Edit: There's a video of it: https://www.facebook.com/NBCNews/videos/1298751886811505/?pnref=story

Really awful. One dead, two critically injured so far.

http://gothamist.com/2016/02/05/crane_collapse_tribeca.php#photo-1

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Amazing. Did it manage to not clip any buildings on its way down?
 
The comments section has me laughing hysterically (of the YouTube video that is)

"Its fallin, it fallin, it fallin.... ooooooh it broke"
 
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Bill de Blasio announces new crane regulations:
New York steps up efforts on crane safety after deadly collapse
NEW YORK | BY FRANK MCGURTY

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The city will now require contractors to stop operating "crawlers" whenever meteorologists forecast steady winds of higher than 20 miles per hour (32 km per hour) and gusts of more than 30 miles mph (48 kph). More than 300 non-stationary crawler cranes were operating in the city last week, the mayor said.

Officials said it was unclear whether high winds played a role in the accident during Friday's morning rush, when the moderate snowstorm was moving across the city. The mayor would not rule out the weather, the equipment or any other factor as the cause, and said it would not be fair of him to speculate.

De Blasio said the city would also step up efforts to protect pedestrians in areas where cranes are operating and to notify residents and businesses in the vicinity of an operating crane.

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Full story: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-crane-idUSKCN0VG11R
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