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Stop letting Gilligan run cranes in downtown NYC
Check Google street view of SS Minnow job box at base of crane.
http://goo.gl/maps/XdwMe
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9277781
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NEW YORK (WABC) -- An apparent malfunction left a crane's load dangling over West 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan.
Workers finished lowering the 13,500-pound load that became stuck in mid air around 3:30.
The crane at 157 West 57th Street site stopped moving just after 9:30 a.m. Monday, leaving its load about 20 floors in the air.
57th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues were closed due to the mishap, but have since been fully reopened as of 3:40 p.m.
