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10 buildings sustained major damage or partially collapsed in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, and 10 others were destroyed, 2 of which were demolished due to heavy damage. [1] Several other buildings sustained varying levels of damage, including every building in the World Financial Center and most of the buildings on Vesey Street .
[153] [154] In 2000, the State of New York Dormitory Authority, which owned the building, began a massive renovation to better adapt the building for classroom use. [155] During the September 11 attacks in 2001, Fiterman Hall's structure was severely damaged by debris from the collapse of 7 World Trade Center.
1967 New York City freight train collision: rail 6 [143] 1962 Queens soap plant fire: fire 6 [92]: 109 1943 Harlem riot of 1943: mass unrest 6 [144] 1912 Equitable Life Building fire: fire 6 [145] 1891 1891 New York City train collision: rail 6 [146] 2018 2018 New York City helicopter crash: aircraft 5 [147] 1991 Union Square derailment: rail 5 ...
A "bucket brigade" works to clear rubble and debris after the September 11 attacks. The September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center elicited a large response of local emergency and rescue personnel to assist in the evacuation of the two towers, resulting in a large loss of the same personnel when the towers collapsed.
A New York City fireman calls for 10 more rescue workers to make their way into the rubble of the World Trade Center. The cleanup was a massive operation coordinated by the City of New York Department of Design and Construction. On September 22, a preliminary cleanup plan was delivered by Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) of Phoenix, Maryland ...
A construction crane working on the 45th story of a building in midtown Manhattan caught fire and collapsed on Wednesday, striking an adjacent high-rise as it came crashing down on the street below.
The residential building is 360 ft (110 m) with 32 floors. [4] The building was under construction when, on March 15, 2008, the luffing-jib tower crane used to construct the skyscraper snapped off and fell, killing seven people in what Mayor Michael Bloomberg called the worst construction accident in New York City's recent history. [3]
Three people were hurt — one critically — when a box truck slammed into scaffolding, causing it to collapse in Chelsea on Monday morning, cops said. The 62-year-old driver struck...