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NEW YORK — The last of seven bodies was pulled from the rubble Monday at the site of a crane collapse that obliterated a townhouse and severely damaged other buildings.
Six construction workers and a woman in town for St. Patrick’s Day were killed Saturday when the crane broke away from an apartment tower under construction and toppled like a tree onto buildings as far as a block away. The last three bodies were found Monday.
A preliminary city investigation found that the crane toppled after a steel collar used to tie it to the side of the building fell as workers attempted to install it.
When the equipment fell, it damaged a lower steel collar that was a major anchor securing the tower crane.
