Deadly Crane Collapse

The cab of a collapsed crane is lowered to the ground Tuesday, March 18, 2008, in New York. A city inspector was charged on Wednesday with lying about checking on the construction crane that collapsed Saturday, killing seven people in a dense Manhattan neighborhood. Edward Marquette was arrested on charges of falsifying business records, buildings Commissioner Patricia Lancaster said.

Emergency services workers remove the last of seven bodies from the rubble at the site of a crane collapse in the Manhattan borough of New York Monday, March 17, 2008. 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 damaged penthouse and upper floors of a building on East 51st Street in New York, Monday, March 17, 2008, after the removal of a crane that collapsed on Saturday.

The view looking down Second Avenue at East 52nd Street in New York, Monday, March 17, 2008. Traffic and many businesses were opened along Second Avenue two days after the collapse of a crane at a construction site a block away that prompted street closing and evacuations.

Firefighters move debris at the scene of the crane collapse on Manhattan's East Side Monday, March 17, 2008. Authorities say the last body was been pulled from the rubble at the site of Saturday's crane collapse, bringing to seven the total number of fatalities.

Emergency personnel gather at the scene of the crane collapse on the east side of Manhattan in New York, Monday, March 17, 2008. As of Monday, seven of the 10 pieces of the crane's mast had been removed and its attached boom was lowered to street level, the Office of Emergency Management said.

A crane, left, stands at the ready as part of an effort to clear a collapsed construction crane leaning against an apartment building on 51st Street near Second Avenue in New York, Sunday, March 16, 2008.

The scene at the corner of 52nd Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan where workers attempt to remove debris and attach cables to fallen crane, Sunday, March 16, 2008. The city had issued 13 violations at the construction site where the crane collpased in the past 27 months.

The corner of 52nd Street and Second Avenue in new York City, Sunday, March 16, 2008. On Sunday, construction crews positioned a second crane to help remove pieces of the toppled structure and started removing piles of debris from the street. On Saturday, a giant crane broke away from a building under construction on Manhattan's East Side, destroying a townhouse and damaging at least five other buildings.

At a building on the corner of 52nd Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan, workers attempt to tie cables to the base of the toppled crane, Sunday, March 16, 2008. The crane broke at a construction site and smashed into a block of residential buildings at about 2:20 p.m. Saturday.

Crowds gather on Sunday, March 16, 2008, to watch while as workers attempt to tie cables to the base of the crane which collapsed on Saturday afternoon on Manhattan's East side. Seven people were killed and two dozen were injured in the accident.

Workers attempt to tie cables to the base of the toppled crane Sunday, March 16, 2008.

Workers clean debris from a building damaged by a fallen construction crane at the corner of 52nd Street and Second Avenue Sunday, match 16, 2008, in New York. The crane rose 19 stories and was attached to an apartment tower under construction when it broke away Saturday and toppled like a tree onto buildings as far as a block away.

Construction workers climb around a section of collapsed crane that protrudes from a crushed building on 50th Street near Second Avenue in New York, March 16, 2008. Crews with search dogs and heat-sensing cameras sought survivors or more victims in piles of rubble after a giant crane at a Manhattan construction site toppled like a tree across a city block, destroying buildings and killing at least five people.

A section of collapsed crane protrudes from a crushed building on 50th Street near Second Avenue Saturday, March 15, 2008 in New York.

A collapsed construction crane leans against an apartment building on 51st Street near Second Avenue Saturday, March 15, 2008 in New York. The crane mounted to the side of a skyscraper under construction toppled with a roar Saturday, smashing into a block of apartment buildings, killing at least five people, stopping traffic along Manhattan's East Side.

A section of collapsed crane lies on top of a crushed building on 50th Street near Second Avenue Saturday, March 15, 2008, in New York. A crane mounted to the side of a skyscraper under construction toppled with a roar Saturday, smashing into a block of apartment buildings, killing at least five people and injuring at least 10 others.

Rescue workers search through wreckage as a section of collapsed crane lies on top of a crushed building on 50th Street near Second Avenue Saturday, March 15, 2008 in New York.

Workers stand on an elevator at the construction site where a giant crane collapsed on 51st Street near Second Avenue Saturday, March 15, 2008 in New York. The crane toppled over and smashed into a block of residential buildings.