Hurricane Sandy: The Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction
- Melania Trump
- Dangling crane, 1 57th Street
What is most stunning about this image—besides the fact that it is taken by Melania Trump, avid Instagrammer—is that we take the cranes in the sky for granted. We know that they are up there, but if you think too hard about the tons of machinery that dangle constantly above our heads, it might make you wear a hard-hat anytime you venture to Duane Reade. The crane was damaged Monday afternoon, before Sandy had officially hit the city. Luckily, it didn’t fall during the hurricane, but it will remain compromised until conditions are safe enough for workers to begin to fix the situation by removing the damaged crane and replacing it with a new one. In the meantime, the entire surrounding area has been evacuated.