7th body recovered from NYC crane accident; Crane to be Tested

A seventh and final body, that of a woman visiting friends for st. Patrick's day, has been recovered after a horrific accident when a crane toppled onto the busy street at a Manhattan construction site. Mayor Bloomberg has announced an investigation into the accident.
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last of seven bodies has been pulled from the rubble at the site of a
crane collapse in Manhattan.

Six construction workers and a woman in town for St. Patrick's Day were
killed Saturday when the crane broke away from an apartment tower under
construction and toppled like a tree onto buildings as far as a block
away. The last three bodies were found Monday.

Officials say a preliminary investigation shows that the crane toppled
when a steel collar used to tie it to the side of the building fell as
workers attempted to install it. That damaged a lower steel collar that
supported the crane. Investigators say that with the elimination of the
lower support the counter-weights at the top of the crane's tower
caused it to fall.[/q][q
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remnants of a construction crane that collapsed on Saturday in New York
City, killing at least five people, will be sent to a forensics
laboratory for testing, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced today.

According to a report on Bloomberg.com this morning, the mayor said the
Department of Buildings had looked at the crane the day before the
accident because high winds were forecast and they were checking on
debris. The forensics test will determine whether the crane experienced
a mechanical failure.

The 200-foot crane collapsed at 303 East 51st St. destroying adjacent
buildings, killing four construction workers and injuring 24 people.  A
fifth body was found today. At press time, rescue workers were awaiting
the removal of the crane’s final pieces before searching the site for
more victims. [/q]