Sad news to report from SoHo this afternoon, an accident atop the construction site for the illegal and future Trump SoHo has fatally injured one worker. According to individuals in the area with good positions across the street, a wet cement hopper was being hauled up to the 42nd floor when it suddenly opened and unleashed the cement, partially collapsing two floors and knocking the worker to his death. This terrible tragedy is being deflected by Trump's office and I'm sure he is doing his best to keep the illegal project going as fast as possible.
From The Gothamist:
Update 2:56PM: EMS, NYPD, FDNY, OEM, and DOB are on the scene. Reader Scott who had been looking out his window when the incident occurred wrote:
I watch that crane all day long and happened to be looking right at it when the accident happened. It was carrying a hopper full of wet cement up to the top floor to presumably be poured into plywood molds for the columns or floor up there. As the hopper just barely passed the top corner of the building, it was brought over the top of the building and it simply opened up and dumped all of it’s contents on that corner. The wet cement rained down, collapsing the top two floors on the corner and a lot of debris went into the safety net.I think it’s important to note that the crane did not appear to do anything wrong. It did not appear to strike the building at all or have any problems. I think the fault was in the wet concrete hopper. It simply opened up for no reason and emptied all the wet concrete out at once.
Of course all of this could have been avoided, but the Donald is just too greedy. Many complaints have been lodged before and during this monstrosity is being constructed. Trump even gave the go-ahead despite it being above an ancient burial ground. What a sick bastard. What a terrible tragedy that this had to happen, when it easily did not have to.
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