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   "Bill Steele"  wrote in message   
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   On 6/1/14, 4:35 PM, Elder Prius wrote:   
   > Tribune wire report   
   > 11:48 a.m. CDT, March 12, 2014   
   >   
   > Two New York buildings collapsed on Wednesday in an explosion   
   > believed to be caused by a gas leak, killing at least two   
   > people, injuring at least 18, and setting off a search for   
   > anyone trapped in the debris, officials said.   
   >   
   > A blast that scattered debris onto nearby rooftops brought down   
   > adjacent five-story structures shortly after 9 a.m. EDT on the   
   > largely residential block at East 116th Street and Park Avenue   
   > in Upper Manhattan.   
   >   
   > Clouds of thick smoke billowed from the rubble of the apartment   
   > buildings that sat above a ground-level church and a piano   
   > store. Officials declined to give a number of people still   
   > missing in the rubble.   
   >   
   > Mayor Bill de Blasio, who rushed to the scene in East Harlem,   
   > where a cascade of twisted and burnt metal blocked the sidewalk   
   > and covered parked cars, said preliminary information showed the   
   > explosion was caused by a gas leak.   
   >   
   > Just before the explosion a resident in a neighboring building   
   > complained of a gas odor to Con Edison, officials said.   
   >   
   > "We dispatched a crew two minutes later and the crews arrived   
   > just as the explosion occurred," saidAlfonso Quiroz, a spokesman   
   > for Con Edison. "We are looking at any connection."   
   >   
   > Neighbors said they thought an earthquake was shaking them from   
   > their beds and breakfast tables. The explosion, which could be   
   > heard from blocks away, shattered windows around the   
   > neighborhood.   
   >   
   > "All of the sudden the whole building shook. We had no idea what   
   > was going on," said Robert Pauline, 56, a Columbia University   
   > data processor whose apartment six blocks away was rocked by the   
   > explosion.   
   >   
   > Police spokesman Martin Speechley said the cause of the   
   > explosion was under investigation.   
   >   
   > President Barack Obama was briefed on the collapse and sent his   
   > condolences to the victim families and his support to first   
   > responders at the scene.   
   >   
   > "Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone impacted by this   
   > incident," the White House said in a statement.   
   >   
   > Crowds of residents, their faces covered with protective scarves   
   > and masks, filled the sidewalks of surrounding streets, which   
   > were blocked off with yellow police tape.   
   >   
   > "It's a very active scene. It's a very chaotic scene," said Fire   
   > Department spokesman Michael Parrella.   
   >   
   > Fire trucks used high cranes to spray blasts of water into the   
   > rubble, as dozens of ambulances and police cruisers with   
   > flashing lights swarmed the scene.   
   >   
   > Commuter trains were stopped on nearby tracks because of the   
   > debris on the rails and passengers were ordered off the Metro-   
   > North Railroad cars at the Fordham stop in the Bronx, passengers   
   > said.   
   >   
   > http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-new-york-building-   
   > collapse-20140312,0,1546483.story   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   # So,l any disaster anywhere is God's wrath on gays? Reminds me of the   
   # statement that the migration of killer bees into the U.S has increased   
   # since abortion was legalized.   
      
   That's a good one.  I'm going to spring that one on Sid9 who believes that   
   justified defensive gun uses cause other murder rates to go up.   
      
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