Three missing after crane’s fall

Three people were still listed as missing as rescue teams picked through the rubble of a Manhattan town house crushed by a toppling construction crane in an accident that killed four.

The fallen crane had stood at least 19 stories high and was attached at various points to the side of a half-built apartment tower. A piece of steel fell and sheared off one of the ties holding it to the building, causing the structure to detach and topple, said Stephen Kaplan, an owner of the company that manages the site.

Twenty-four others were injured.