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| A construction crane has toppled into apartment blocks in New York, killing at least four people and injuring 10, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said. | |
| The collapsing crane - which had stood 19 storeys high - almost completely demolished a low-rise apartment building on Manhattan's East Side. | |
| It also caused serious damage to several other apartment blocks. | |
| The area has been evacuated, and a rescue operation is under way amid reports that people are trapped. | |
| John PlaGreco, who owns Fu Bar in the crushed low-rise building, said he feared one of his employees was dead in the rubble. | |
| "Our bar is done," he said. "The crane crashed the whole building. If I wasn't watching a Yankees game, I would've come to work early and gotten killed." | |
| Residents of the area reported hearing a terrible roar as the crane collapsed. | |
| "First I heard a rumble, and it increased, and then it increased," said Bill Reilly, who lives nearby. "It continued building in strength... It shook the six-storey brick building that I live in." | "First I heard a rumble, and it increased, and then it increased," said Bill Reilly, who lives nearby. "It continued building in strength... It shook the six-storey brick building that I live in." |
| Maureen Shey, who lives opposite the under-construction building from which the crane fell, said: "I heard a big crash, and I saw dust immediately. Bricks were flying through the air. | |
| "I saw the whole thing. I thought the crane was coming in my window." | |
| The crane missed her building. |