Dem buildingz in da Big Apple keep coming down !!!!
he he he ;-)
HOOROO
UNCLE WALLY
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NY building collapses after apparent suicide bid
Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:01pm ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A four-story building collapsed in Manhattan on
Monday and injured 15 people after an apparent gas explosion that may
have resulted from a failed suicide attempt.
Witnesses reported a deafening explosion before the building came
crashing down, shattering windows across the street. Smoke billowed
from the debris throughout a frantic rescue operation and continued to
emerge for hours after the morning blast.
Ten firefighters and five civilians were injured.
"I saw the building go up in such flames and called to my wife to go
running," said Yaakov Kermaier, a rabbi who lives next door. "I ran
into the building (next door) to get my baby."
Neighbors had reported a strong smell of gas before the explosion, the
gas utility company said.
The gas leak may have been the result of a suicide attempt by the
building's owner, New York Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta told
reporters on the scene.
The owner was rescued from the rubble and hospitalized with severe
burns. A police source, speaking on condition of anonymity, later said
the doctor had "taken a turn for the worse. He has severe lung damage."
If the man survives, he could face criminal charges, the source said.
The building owner recently wrote a rambling, 15-page e-mail to his
estranged wife in which he seemed suicidal and indicated he did not
want her to have the multimillion-dollar building, the police source
said.
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