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Forty tons of metal beams at the Ground Zero construction site fell 40 stories from a crane onto a flatbed truck yesterday morning, an accident that's expected to have a "negligible" delay on rebuilding the World Trade Center.
The Tishman Construction Corp. said a cable on the crane snapped at about 10 a.m. at the lower Manhattan site.
"The job is partially shut down pending the investigation," Tishman spokesman John Gallagher said in a statement.
He said no one was hurt.
Multiple news reports said the three beams that fell were 60-feet long.
"Everybody was yelling and running," said construction worker Frank Pensabene.
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