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Crane drops huge air conditioning unit down 30 stories in Midtown, damaging building and injuring..
nydailynews.com ^ | May 31, 2015 | Greg B. Smith , Edgar Sandoval , Keldy Ortiz , Caitlin Nolan , Stephen Rex Brown

Posted on 05/31/2015 1:18:20 PM PDT by PROCON


A crane hauling an air conditioner into the top floor of a 30-story building dropped the heavy load Sunday morning, smashing parts of the building and injuring 10 people.

Workers were loading the shipping container-sized machine into 261 Madison Ave. when a rigging strap holding the air conditioner broke, a city official familiar with the ongoing investigation told the Daily News.

The chiller sheered the building as it fell. Debris rained down on Madison Ave. around E. 38th St.

Part of the 30-story building's facade near the roof was bashed open.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


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To: PROCON

Failed equipment, put in place by riggers.


41 posted on 05/31/2015 1:44:17 PM PDT by umgud (When under attack, victims want 2 things; God & a gun)
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To: PROCON; All
What’s the possibility that dust from the damaged building had a significant amount of toxic materials in it? I recently noticed that asbestos is still used in building materials for example.

I also noticed what appeared to be moist asphalt around the AC unit. More safety concerns there.

42 posted on 05/31/2015 1:44:28 PM PDT by Amendment10
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43 posted on 05/31/2015 1:44:29 PM PDT by RedMDer (Keep Free Republic Alive with YOUR Donations!)
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To: FreedomPoster; PROCON
Can you use that word, still?

Depends on how you spell it...

44 posted on 05/31/2015 1:44:36 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: Amendment10
Well certainly asbestos is no longer used but is contained in older buildings.

You should see the rules and regulations regarding asbestos abatement.

45 posted on 05/31/2015 1:47:56 PM PDT by PROCON (CRUZing into 2016 with Ted.)
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To: C210N

Any idea where that picture was taken? Incredibly amazing that something that big apparently only hit two parked vehicles.


46 posted on 05/31/2015 1:49:56 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: PROCON

That’ll just buff out, no big deal.


47 posted on 05/31/2015 1:50:15 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder
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To: Popman

Is that the building it fell from?

Amazing that no one was killed. Even small window-size AC units drop out and kill people every year in NY.


48 posted on 05/31/2015 1:51:55 PM PDT by livius
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To: NoCmpromiz

Nope! Like all good Freepers I only read the headline. It was a top of the building, central air-conditioning unit?


49 posted on 05/31/2015 1:52:21 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: PROCON

#AirConditionerLivesMatter


50 posted on 05/31/2015 1:54:19 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: PROCON

I wonder how many millions that will cost to clean up and repair. Not to mention fines and penalties.


51 posted on 05/31/2015 1:58:10 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
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To: miss marmelstein
I only read the headline.

Well just dang.. Look at the pretty pictures then.. ;-)

Methinks a "shipping container-sized machine" would require a really big window... ;-)

52 posted on 05/31/2015 1:58:30 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: PROCON; All
"Well certainly asbestos is no longer used but is contained in older buildings."

You may be correct. But Googling asbestos shows that the USA has not outlawed the use of asbestos in several things, building materials one of them.

Otherwise, I understand that some people who helped to clean up NYC after 9/11 tragedy later developed lung problems, not necessarily asbestos related.

53 posted on 05/31/2015 1:58:46 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: C210N
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54 posted on 05/31/2015 1:59:04 PM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: ladyjane

No, just a New Yorker.


55 posted on 05/31/2015 2:00:42 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: NoCmpromiz

Ahem. I will remind you that “shipping container-sized machine” was not in the headline. If they want people to understand that it wasn’t a Friedrich air-conditioner to fit in a window, they should put it in the headline. Damned incompetent article if you ask me...


56 posted on 05/31/2015 2:07:47 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: "I should like to drive away not only the Turks (moslims) but all my foes.")
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To: PROCON

Was it an air conditioner or an heir conditioner?


57 posted on 05/31/2015 2:15:03 PM PDT by buridan
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To: PROCON

At least the crane didn’t tip over. I’d blame the riggers.


58 posted on 05/31/2015 2:15:56 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: mylife

I’ll come back and secure that.


59 posted on 05/31/2015 2:18:07 PM PDT by petercooper (And I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus... Rollin' down Highway 41.)
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To: Vigilanteman

That was Washington DC ... Few years back


60 posted on 05/31/2015 2:18:44 PM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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