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OUCH!

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Friday, February 17, 2012 9:45 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


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Three 60-foot steel beams fell 40 stories at the World Trade Center construction site Thursday after a crane cable snapped.

Authorities said no one was injured when the beams -- each weighing several tons -- came hurtling down from one of the new towers being built at the site of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

"The cable of a crane broke, causing the steel it was lifting to fall approximately 40 stories back onto the flatbed truck that had transported the steel into the World Trade Center site," said a statement from John Gallagher, spokesman for Tishman Construction, which manages the site. "The incident occurred within an enclosed section of the site, which is not accessible to the public."

The 72-story building, which will face the World Trade Center memorial park honoring the victims of 9/11, is scheduled to officially open in the fall of 2013, according to the World Trade Center website. http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/16/us/new-york-falling-beams/index.html?hpt
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That's a looooong way down!!!
Quote:

Only one person suffered minor injuries in the incident that one ironworker said "sounded like a bomb."

Another ironworker said, "The cable looked like a snake coming down. Then all hell broke loose!"

Yikes!

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Friday, February 17, 2012 6:17 PM

OONJERAH



Poll: Do you plan on visiting the 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero? ...
=> http://www.newsday.com/news/new-york/work-to-resume-at-wtc-site-after-
accident-1.3536881



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Saturday, February 18, 2012 12:57 PM

FREMDFIRMA



That poor truck...
Although if it was a Toyota Hilux (Tacoma here in the US) I give it even odds.

-F

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Sunday, February 19, 2012 8:01 PM

RIONAEIRE

Beir bua agus beannacht


I'm glad no one was hurt. I watched some of the tenth anniversary shows in the late summer when it happened, including some about the guys building the new stuff there, I liked watching the men build, a lot of them knew people who died. One of the crews was entirely made up of Mohawk men, they had a fun rivalry with one of the other crews and it was fun to watch them all because you could tell that they were all having fun as well as working hard.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

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Monday, February 20, 2012 4:09 AM

CAVETROLL


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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:

That poor truck...
Although if it was a Toyota Hilux (Tacoma here in the US) I give it even odds.

-F


The truck looks fine. The trailer, she is toast.

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Monday, February 20, 2012 7:08 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


To respond to Oonj's question: Not in a million years.



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