City officials have suspended all crane operations as a crane has collapsed in Upper East Side disaster. This crane collapse killed two construction workers. The crane collapse injured a third man when a crane crashed into a building before the crane collpased to the street.

The crane collapsed on Friday morning. The crane collapse was at an East 91st Street site. The crane collapse happened after the Buildings Department investigated the site several times. On March 15, a crane collapse on East 51st Street had killed seven people. This crane collapse encouraged officials to increase crane inspections. The Buildings Commissioner Patricia Lancaster resigned because the crane collapse case was serious.

The crane collapsed because the crane’s turntable broke loose. It will be analyzed for mechanical failure to explain why the crane collapse happened.
The crane collapse made Acting Commissioner Robert LiMandri suspend all city tower crane operations until Monday, June 2. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that the crane collapse was unacceptable and intolerable.

The crane collapse happened just after 8 a.m.The crane collapse was at a site where construction workers have erected 13 floors of a 32-story residential building.

The crane collapse came without warning. The crane collapse caused a roar that some witnesses thought was a terrorist bomb. Others thought the crane collapse was a low-flying jet.

The crane collapse caused the tower crane to snap from its turntable. The crane collapse caused its cab, boom and machine deck to fall south and crash into an apartment building across at 354 East 91st St.

The crane collapse with metal and scraping. The crane collapse was so loud. Leonard Lorusso, 38, said he and his girlfriend were asleep when the crane collapse hit their building. The crane collapse sounded like tanks driving through the living room.”

The crane collapse tore through balconies, busted windows and knocked loose bricks. The crane collapsed to the ground. The crane collapse became a heap of twisted metal.

When the crane collapsed, no one in that building was hurt. The crane operator, Donald Leo, 30, was dead after the crane collapsed.

Investigators don’t know what caused the crane to collapse. LiMandri said a weld that failed could have cause the crane collapse.

The crane collapse killed Ramadan Kurtaj, 27. The crane collapse pinned him beneath a part of the crane that hit East 91st Street. The crane collapse hit with such force that it became embedded several feet into the street.

A third worker, Simeon Alexis, and a pedestrian were treated at Metropolitan Hospital Center for injuries and discharged.

The crane collapse snarled morning traffic. The crane collapse forced seven buildings to be evacuated. One building  was struck by the crane.

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This entry was posted on Saturday, May 31st, 2008 at 11:30 am and is filed under News.