Anyway.
I took these pictures yesterday during the three hour opera of sirens whirling up 1st Avenue toward the crane collapse eight blocks north of my building.
If I had thought to point my camera out the window a few hours earlier, you would have seen far more fire trucks. But I didn't think.
Today I looked out the window and saw something else.
I went down to the sidewalk, 41st between FDR Drive and 1st and took these pictures.
I happened to walk up to the car at the same time as the owners, who were taking pictures too. When I said I was sorry that their car got trashed, the man half of the people said, "We weren't in it, so we're happy."
It's a shame the liquor store is closed on Sundays. (If it weren't, I would have bought them some whiskey). (Stop assuming I'd skip church and get obliterated. I am not that gross. Yet).
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I gotta go with the Man half
Yeah me too.
That's insane.
My goodness, that's...flat.
No Sunday liquor sales?! Talk about tragic.
Hope you got some sleep eventually.
craziness.
Wow--you always seem to have the most amazing seats for all these tragedies! :o
Wow that is INSANE.
Damn...
Sometimes perspective is all that keeps us sane...
I haven't spent much time in big cities, so it's hard for me to picture the crane. I read that it was 19 stories tall...I can't imagine being in its path.
construction cranes are huge.. especially the balancing wheights in them amount in Tons. i cant imagine the crane jus going.. down.. down.. down.. .. That car was flattened!! a BMW!! YAA!! I love BMWs! Ok.. only the M3! But still.. I was thinking the bad news its owner got.. "Sir im sorry to tell you that your car is no more..."
Dear.. dont drink.. thank god that wasnt your car..
crazy.
A lot of those scratches will buff right out...
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