It's inevitable, disasters happen. But it just seems like man made structures suffer disasters on a regular basis. Check back for news, info and pictures on any man made disaster.
A crane snapped apart and disfugured a high-rise apartment building in Manhattan Friday morning, leaving two construction workers dead. No one in the building was injured, although rescue workers are still looking through the debris. The cause of the collapse is still unknown. Just two months ago another crane collapsed in Manhattan, leaving seven dead. In a statement Friday morning Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the crane that collapsed was a different type than the one that had collapsed... Read Full Story
Yet another crane collapse has resulted in death. This one happened in Oklahoma City Thursday morning as a crane fell on top of a car killing one person and resulting in at least one injury. Officials on the scene report that an 80-year-old man was killed and an elderly woman was injured. The two were reportedly part of a gathering of people at a church in the southwest part of the city. The church was conducting a ceremony to place a steeple on the top of the building. Read Full Story
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New York City's medical examiner says a second person has died as a result of the construction crane collapse on Manhattan's Upper East Side on Friday.
The medical examiner's spokeswoman, Ellen...
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