City Begins Demolishing Building Near WTC Site
From Times Wire Reports
Contractors leveled most of a two-story building near the World Trade Center site after cracks were found in an exterior wall. The rest of the Lower Manhattan building was to be demolished today, said Frank McCarton, deputy commissioner for the city’s Office of Emergency Management.
“The building has been brought down to a safe level,” he said.
The building sits four blocks south of ground zero above a subway station. It was unclear what caused the cracks.
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