Another Disaster in New York – Five Workers Killed When Facade Collapses

The last thing New York City needed was another highrise disaster, but it got just that last week when the brick faade of a 20-floor building collapsed, knocking workers off a 12-story-plus scaffold. Five of them were killed and 10 injured.The incident on Park Avenue occurred Oct. 24 as the workers were engaged in repairs to the faade in the building's courtyard. According to a wire service report, a foreman had warned workers shortly before the collapse that demolition material needed