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High winds cause partial crane collapse in New York City

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    Debris falling from Midtown Manhattan construction site

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Some breaking news coming into it's now -- fire officials say a partial crane collapse has now happened.

In the -- mind this is the center of New York City this is 57 street and seventh avenue if you know new York and all this would be.

Just at the northern part of -- of Times Square.

So if you're in the middle of Times Square and you look up towards Central Park.

This is almost to Central Park three or 4 blocks south of Central Park.

There's a crane on top building that's under construction -- tied down all the -- -- everything was going to be fine.

But a wind gust -- apparently caused a problem and a crane is close to its hanging off the building.

And they're very worried that it's gonna fall.

Here's one of the things about wins in this city if you have sixty mile an hour winds down on the concrete canyons which we're expecting.

Way at the top.

It's probable 4050 story building the winds are going to be much much stronger I won't give -- a number but to suggest that a gust might hit ninety miles an -- hundred miles an hour.

Is not outside the realm of possibilities.

I want to go to vote someone is on the line now -- this Tareq Aziz was below this I suppose -- you were in a car and saw some debris fall.

The F batted cleanup could be bad man and I don't think I couldn't I -- and -- about it about the crane it looked like it was about the right -- So 57 street is a westbound street and you get to seventh avenue which is.

And our viewers around the country in the world look where to look south they'd -- Times Square and in instead you've got stopped raining on you.

-- When you look up and saw that crane did it look like it had been hit and broken and that pieces haven't had fallen off or just what what what was your observation.

-- -- -- -- -- -- I'm elected -- it's paying in the middle of the street and they didn't close.

It's hot I'll keep that degree here -- under construction bank.

Are they working to close down that area it's my understanding NYPD is trying to get people out of there.

Deanna looks like want pat did a lot of cop in about -- and it and people are jacking up and error how long ago was this -- -- manhood -- half an hour dog -- An end and did you see other pieces of debris fall could you describe how big they -- whether there was any damage.

I guess I want an added a metal piece it's -- another and what areas they've got.

-- -- and eat the people at their at -- and did anybody else bishop who.

Terror prison he was there when it happened -- thank you of course this is one of the things about which they have great concern because the winds are going to get much stronger in New York City before they get weaker.

It's our belief that that the level of win that we have now.

Is the lowest level of when will have for at least the next sixteen hours.

They're big construction cranes that in the lower in the Manhattan of course of the World Trade Center site there are other could construction cranes I know of one.

At fourteenth street and and third and Fifth Avenue.

Bunch of towering cranes all over the city they're built to withstand wind but how much wind are we going to get clearly today it was too much for this one.

Hopefully it'll stay up in the air -- not -- to the ground.

There -- a lot of breaking news ahead in this hour as hurricane CD works toward the shore.

A monster as the authorities put it under worst case scenarios.

Full moon high tide.

Storm.

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