Video: Shocking moment burning NYC crane collapses onto street

[Kamaji]

Video:  Shocking moment burning NYC crane collapses onto street

By Ronny Reyes
July 26, 2023

Dramatic footage captures the moment the Manhattan construction crane buckled under the intense flames as a plume of black smoke could be seen billowing out of the machine near Hudson Yards.

The crane, stationed 45 stories high at 550 10th Avenue. falls forward, striking a building across the street and shattering parts of itself and sending debris flying below.

The machine is then sent swinging back to the building it was stationed on, slamming into its own tower as even more debris flies off.

The force of the impact appears to be all the machine can withstand as the last cords binding it to the base snap off, and the crane then plummets to the ground.

The footage also shows pedestrians quickly fleeing the scene as they turn back when the crane hits the streets.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/07/26/video-shocking-moment-burning-nyc-crane-collapses-onto-street/

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[Fishrrman]

Must have been a surprise to the folks in the building across the street, that the boom hit on its way down...