The crane had been installed in the TriBeCa neighborhood of lower Manhattan a week ago. When it suddenly collapsed onto Worth Street, it flattened cars, damaged buildings, killed one person, and sent at least three other people to the hospital with serious injuries.
A person in a nearby building captured shocking video from above, as the crane fell to the street below.
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Manhattan has seen several similar incidents in recent years. In 2008, two massive cranes collapsed in the span of a few weeks killing six people in all, and last year a 4-ton heating and air conditioning unit broke off from a crane in Midtown and injured ten pedestrians.