Richard Paz, an iron worker who was at the site Wednesday morning, told CNN he saw the crane smoking and told others, “That’s not a good sign.”
Images shared by the office of Mayor Eric Adams showed debris lying in the street below. “DOB inspectors and engineers will remain at the site to oversee the situation while plans are developed for the safe removal of the collapsed crane, while also working to determine why this incident occurred in the first place,” the department said.įootage posted on Twitter showed flames and smoke rising from the crane before its boom fell, hitting the building across the street at 555 10th Ave. From inspection by the New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) after the collapse found the tower crane and impacted buildings were “structurally stable,” the agency tweeted.
A crane collapses at a vacant construction site in Manhattan on Wednesday.
