Doctor_D
04-25-2002, 10:20 AM
Good afternoon:
I am getting too damn old for this much excitement. Apex Technical School, 19th Street & 6th Avenue, collapsed after an internal explosion. once again, I was too damn close for comfort. I was at my client two blocks away !!!
Freash from CBS News !!!
(CBS) Part of a building collapsed Thursday morning following a possible explosion in a building on Manhattan's West Side.
At least 50 people were treated for injuries. Three are believed to be in serious condition.
There was no immediate word of any fatalities. Windows along the block were blown out by the force of the blast.
Fire Department spokeswoman Amanda Schmidt said it appeared some type of explosion was the cause of the collapse on West 19th Street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues in the Chelsea section of Manhattan.
WCBS-TV in New York reports plumbers were working in the building all week and the blast appears to have occurred in a boiler in the building's basement.
Law enforcement officials said it did not appear to be an act of terrorism.
"It was just a really loud noise," said Stuart Markowitz, who runs the education department at the nearby Apex Technical School. "Some of our windows did get blown out."
All students in the school were safely evacuated, he said.
WCBS Radio's Irene Cornell says that contrary to initial reports the explosion occurred in the building adjacent to the school, not in the school itself. The actual building houses a company that makes architectural signs named "Kaltech."
More than 100 firefighters were called to the scene.
"It was a giant boom a real giant boom," said neighborhood resident Bill Beek, who lives a half-block away. "It sounded like an airplane crashing."
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Dr. D.
I am getting too damn old for this much excitement. Apex Technical School, 19th Street & 6th Avenue, collapsed after an internal explosion. once again, I was too damn close for comfort. I was at my client two blocks away !!!
Freash from CBS News !!!
(CBS) Part of a building collapsed Thursday morning following a possible explosion in a building on Manhattan's West Side.
At least 50 people were treated for injuries. Three are believed to be in serious condition.
There was no immediate word of any fatalities. Windows along the block were blown out by the force of the blast.
Fire Department spokeswoman Amanda Schmidt said it appeared some type of explosion was the cause of the collapse on West 19th Street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues in the Chelsea section of Manhattan.
WCBS-TV in New York reports plumbers were working in the building all week and the blast appears to have occurred in a boiler in the building's basement.
Law enforcement officials said it did not appear to be an act of terrorism.
"It was just a really loud noise," said Stuart Markowitz, who runs the education department at the nearby Apex Technical School. "Some of our windows did get blown out."
All students in the school were safely evacuated, he said.
WCBS Radio's Irene Cornell says that contrary to initial reports the explosion occurred in the building adjacent to the school, not in the school itself. The actual building houses a company that makes architectural signs named "Kaltech."
More than 100 firefighters were called to the scene.
"It was a giant boom a real giant boom," said neighborhood resident Bill Beek, who lives a half-block away. "It sounded like an airplane crashing."
© MMII, CBS Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The Associated Press and Reuters Limited contributed to this report.
Dr. D.