Rescuers with sniffer dogs and heat-sensing cameras are searching rubble in New York for survivors and victims of a crane collapse.
Four construction workers were killed when the giant crane toppled in Manhattan's affluent East Side.
At least 17 were injured in what Mayor Michael Bloomberg called one of the city's worst construction accidents.
It destroyed a four-storey townhouse and demolished parts of five other buildings.
On Sunday construction crews positioned a second crane to help remove pieces of the toppled crane, and begin removing piles of bricks and debris from the street.
Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta said rubble was being painstakingly removed, sometimes by hand, to prevent further collapses.
The crane, which stood 19 storeys high, was being used in the construction of a new high-rise apartment building.
Four construction workers were killed when the giant crane toppled in Manhattan's affluent East Side.
At least 17 were injured in what Mayor Michael Bloomberg called one of the city's worst construction accidents.
It destroyed a four-storey townhouse and demolished parts of five other buildings.
On Sunday construction crews positioned a second crane to help remove pieces of the toppled crane, and begin removing piles of bricks and debris from the street.
Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta said rubble was being painstakingly removed, sometimes by hand, to prevent further collapses.
The crane, which stood 19 storeys high, was being used in the construction of a new high-rise apartment building.
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