Two Killed, Five Injured in Miami Construction Crane Accident
Two Killed, Five Injured in Miami Construction Crane Accident Save Email Print
Posted: 9:40 AM Mar 26, 2008
Last Updated: 9:40 AM Mar 26, 2008
Reporter: Bill Blakemore

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Two construction workers were killed and five people were injured after a crane plunged down 30-floors at a Miami high-rise condominium on Mar. 25.

Neighbors are rattled and coworkers devastated after part of a construction crane plummeted thirty floors Tuesday, smashing through a nearby home, killing two workers, injuring another five, one critically.

"I was afraid the crane itself was actually going to come down," recalled one witness.

The accident occurred at the site of a 40-plus story luxury condominium tower under construction on Miami's Biscayne Bay.

The crane's main vertical section remains intact.

The part that fell was a 20-foot span that workers had been raising to extend the equipment's reach.

The damaged house, which the contractor had been using for storage, remains unstable.

It's shaky condition hampered rescue efforts.

One of those killed died inside the home.

The scene is coincidentally all too familiar.

Only ten days ago, on New York City's east side, a 20-story crane toppled, killing seven, demolishing a four-story brownstone and damaging at least seven other buildings.

Contractors at the midtown Manhattan high-rise had been trying to lengthen the crane, a process known as jumping, when a steel support broke.

Repercussions quickly followed.

In New York City, officials have told contractors that they can no longer raise or lower cranes at construction sites unless a building inspector is present.

While in Miami, families there are only beginning to come to terms with the untimely death of two loved ones.

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