Thursday, July 14, 2005

Building Collapse On Lower East Side

(Spring 2005: Playoffs, Round 2 Recap)

Rescuers clawing through bricks pulled seven dart-playing victims to safety Thursday in lower Manhattan after a building under construction for 15 weeks suddenly collapsed, sending
buckets of nails and a shower of breakfast onto the sidewalk and street. Bartenders and onlookers were on the scene within minutes of the collapse, which trapped the chuckers beneath the remnants of the crumbling building at Broadway and Whitehall Street. One of the victims was attending a nearby concert, and was injured in the resulting fallout. click to continue...

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