Above: Damage is seen at the site of a crane collapse in New York May 30, 2008.
REUTERS/Chip East
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A large crane has collapsed damaging an apartment building on Manhattan's upper east side and injuring at least two people, the New York City Fire Department said on Friday.
"It's a big one," said the fire department spokesman. "Two people have been pulled out in an unknown condition."
A local media service, Breaking News Network, which monitors emergency services, reported that two people may have been killed in the collapse on 91st street near First Ave.
The collapse happened shortly after 8 a.m. EDT beside "The Electra" apartment building, which is more than 20 floors high. The crane appeared to be working on a building under construction across the street from the apartment building.
Grant Disick, a doctor who was just a few blocks away when the crane collapsed, was one of the first people on the scene to offer assistance.
"At least one person is still pinned under there," Disick told Reuters. "I felt the pulse on the first guy, I could see half of his body."
He said he saw another injured man across the street, who was "alert and conscious."
Television footage showed the crane in a crumpled mess in the street and a corner apartment at the top of the building that had been demolished. Balconies had been ripped from apartments on the building as the crane fell.
A giant crane fell in March and crushed a residential building in midtown Manhattan, killing seven people and injuring more than 10 others.
Source: Reuters
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