It, it got out of control. Reporter in fell with a thunderous series of crashes that lasted several seconds. The end of the crane went on the street with shocking power cutting a car in half, trapping the driver, crushing vehicles on the south side of the block. At 57 worth, workers found the cable weight from the crane in an office where the thing clipped the building on its way to the street. The cab where the crane operator sat somersaulted at street level. It looks like a tank on its side. Reporter at new York Law School a block away, everybody was ordered to leave until monday. Gas electric shut off while they search for leaks. People on worth street between hudson and church that this area is going to be cut off largely cut off or partially cut off for several days. Old david wichs was killed two others injured seriously enough to go to the hospital expected to survive. The margin of life and death measured in a few feet and which way to run. Two went to the right, one to the left. The one to the left was killed. Reporter everyone marvels the number of casualties wasnt higher. That could have been me because i walk i walk under there a lot. Its a thing all new yorkers are thinking about today as they look at that crane lying on the road. The sidewalks we walk on, the streets we drive on, you see the damage and you marvel at the things that didnt happen. Live in tribeca, lou young, cbs 2 news. Gives you pause, lou. Thanks so much. Cbs 2s Steve Langford was the first reporter on the scene. He has been talking all day. Steve. Reporter new york the city shake a certain fear of heights involving construction cranes. This catastrophic sight a symbol of the building boom in tribeca thats made a certain apocalyptic vision here come tragically true. This was a disaster waiting to happen. Reporter bruce lives on the block where the crane has loomed over the neighborhood in recent days. What he heard and saw this morning reminds him of a dark day in september 15 years ago. It was the same feeling physically of shaking as 9 11 only far, far worse. I thought the building would collapse. It looks like a movie. Reporter Brian Orourke lives in front of where the crane was planted until it fell from 500 feet up. He was out this morning when he got a call from his wife at home. She called me and said, it fell and i knew what she meant. Reporter residents and workers here felt the crane collapse as much as they saw it. You have heard the boom and then you run to the windows and then you see i see a crane falling on the street. Reporter some present at the scene scrambled to help. We all ran to help. Always try to run to help. Then we saw a man trapped but they wouldnt let us go no farther. Reporter the quaint quiet cobblestone streets of tribeca will echo to the sounds of this tragedy for a long time to come. Live in tribeca, Steve Langford, cbs 2 news. Kristine johnson is on the scene just a block or so away from this. So striking on television. Even more so up close and personal. Right, kristine . Yes, maurice. We just in the past few minutes have been working to get even closer and right now, im actually on worth street. Im going to ask my photographer to pan this way. Heres the street where the crane collapsed. You can see it laying down worth and that narrow street middle of pardon that bobcat that just got into the view there. They are [ pause ] removing some of the concreted that broke apart here on the street when the crane collapsed. Over here, maurice, look at this. These two trucks, unfortunately, are blocking some of the view but you can see the treads of the top of the base of the crane. It flipped over from the force of the collapse. And then you can also hopefully make out that black car thats right there underneath the crane arm and it just completely destroyed. There is a lot of work here to be done, maurice. They dont believe they are going to be able to get this street cleared until monday. They are going to have to take this apart piece by piece section by section and then remove each section at a time and as far as the base of that crane, well, they are going to have to basically get another but really i hope that this gives you and our viewers a better sense of the enormity of this and really its incredible. I know people have been saying this all day that more damage wasnt done and more lives werent lost although our thoughts and prayers with that man who died. Thats the latest. Back to you. You can almost feel the weight of this thing crushing down on the street. It really is. There are cars along the street that are just flattened. I know we have been showing that video. This street here actually maurice, um, was closed down because thats where that crane was stationed. And they had cleared out the whole area when they were lowering the boom because of those winds this morning. Well see what happens with the investigation over the next couple of days. And broader concerns about crane safety amid the citys construction boom, cbs 2s dick brennan here now with that and more. Reporter its still not clear why the crane fell but we know it happened as workers were trying to secure the crane by lowering the boom as snow was coming down. When boom was being lowered, wind speeds were about 20 miles per hour. The crane manufacturer requires it be taken down when winds reach 25. Lower than the typical standard for cranes but for standard. So in fact they were in the process of securing the crane. Reporter the crane had just been inspected by the city yesterday morning because an extension was being added to it. 565 feet. So its a very large crane. And it was approved and submitted by an engineer. Reporter there were several other crane accidents over the past year including and ac unit untethered and fell 30 stories leaving several people bruised. The Administration Says its investing 120 million to add 100 new inspectors for a total of 500. We have more and more inspectors who are going to get on top of that. Reporter but the city is seeing a building explosion. In 2009, there was a total of 21 million square feet under construction. By 2015 the number hit 88 million square feet. In addition right now there are 376 mobile cranes in operation and 53 tower cranes. A lot of ground to cover for inspectors. We have had some real serious issues on construction sites that we are taking major steps to change and to address. But thats different from what weve seen here. Reporter different because as the mayor points out, this crane passed inspection as recently as yesterday morning so maurice, they have a lot of digging to figure this whole thing out. They do. Dick brennan, thank you. Stay with cbs 2 and cbsnewyork. Com for continuing coverage of this deadly crane collapse. You can see more photos and video from the collapse site on our website, cbsnewyork. Com. Tonight on cbs 2 news at 11 00. Now to the snowstorm. Nearly a foot of heavy wet snow fell in several long island towns this morning. As cbs 2s Carolyn Gusoff reports, in some spots, drivers had a hard time seeing what lay ahead. Reporter from behind the wheel town of huntington plow drive Anthony Neves working the storm that seemed to come out of nowhere burying some long island streets with a foot of snow. You already hit this street and its completely covered . Yeah. Reporter within how long . About an hour, hour and a half. Reporter plows are now tracked via gps an advance that makes a challenging snowfall like this one heavy and unexpectedly intensifying, easier to keep up with. We can see who is closest and send them right there. Reporter the wet snow hanging on trees and power lines making the north shore has a look at what were working on for cbs 2 news at 6 00. A winter wonderland. But try moving it its not pretty. Its heart attack snow. Reporter many stores were closed in Huntington Village with some of the highest snow totals. Kids welcomed a snow day. Ah reporter happy . Yes. Very. Reporter for the kids . Yeah and me. Reporter with so many people staying home tonight, the evening commute was not a problem. What could be, though, through the night, outages as heavy snow continues to weigh down trees and wires. In commack, long island, Carolyn Gusoff, cbs 2 news. And it looks like theres a chance for even more snow. Lonnie quinn tracking it from the weather center. Lonnie . Well, you know, out goes one system. That other system that youre referring to on the west coast, well talk about that. Speaking of the west coast now, my friend otis, whats up, o . Reporter well, lonnie, the weather out here is absolutely lovely. Lets hope the game on sunday is the same. Coming up later on in sports, we are going to hear from two local guys, eli manning and be playing in super bowl li next year. Also ahead, headed home. An nypd officer shot in the line of duty last night just also, a suckerpunched. Police on the hunt for the young man who left someone unconscious in the street. And coming up on the cbs evening news a new interview with Hillary Clinton. Scott pelley joins us live. Reporter as you know, interviews with Hillary Clinton have been incredibly rare and after her feisty debate last night in New Hampshire with bernie sanders, she sat down with our nancy cortes to confront questions including those questions about her private email server well have that story and the rest of the world news all news at 6 30. The centers for medicare and Medicaid Services recently asked patients to rate the quality of over 3. 500 hospitals. Fewer than 6 received 5 stars. Among them was Cancer Treatment centers of america in philadelphia. Cancercenter. 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[ applause ] reporter fellow officers lined the path from the hospital door to the van taking officer Patrick Espeut home. With his wife he left in a wheelchair but stood up to walk the rest of the way. How are you feeling . Reporter the wound on his nose where he was shot small. The bullet went through his his head. Earlier commissioner bratton was at the hospital. He tweeted these pictures with espeut. He and his fellow officer diara cruz were struck at a Housing Project in the bronx last night. Officer down. Reporter the housing officers were on patrol. Thats when investigators say they were fired at close range by 23yearold malik chavez of the bronx. Police say he and two others were inside to allegedly buy marijuana. According to one of the men chavez announced he was robbing the other two. Then four uniformed officers encountered the man. Police asked chavez and the other man for id. Thats when chavez shot. The the two cops were shot. The woman was hit below the vest. Officers returned fire and miss. Chavez ran into an apartment and said, i shot that blank cop. He asked the occupant to kill him. When he refused, i killed himself. Pat lynch talked about the dangers of the vertical patrol and having rookies do it. Theres a staffing problem. We can keep saying we are going to put Senior Police officers with every newer Police Officer but we dont have that staffing. Reporter as for officer cruz, lynch says she underwent surgery here at Lincoln Hospital and will be okay. He says she will be here for a few more days. No timeline for the release. Outside of Lincoln Hospital in the south bronx, alice gainer, cbs 2 news a video shared on social media leads to a criminal investigation in new jersey. We warn you, what youre about to see is disturbing. In the video, a person behind the camera eggs on a young guy who walks up and sucker punches an unsuspecting man on a Street Corner paterson. The video was sent to cbs 2 by one of our facebook followers. Disturbing to watch there. Everyone who has seen it comes we will not tolerate that type of behavior or action in our city. He doesnt know the trouble he just got himself into. These kids are terrible. Police have not identified the victim of the crime. No word on arrests. All right. Lets turn our attention to the weather. A lot of snow this morning on long island. What about the next one . Next week will be activity. I will show you the sevenday. Four out of the five days next week i see a chance of snow. Things are clearing out there. We had a great second half of the day. They continue to clear to from west to east. Its 37 degrees as of right now. Snow totals bridgeport, connecticut with 7. White plains new york came in at 5. Tenafly 4. Central park 2. 5. We thought you would see the 2 to 4. Bridgeport, connecticut coming in with the biggest number on this list but if you take a look at what i showed you last night there was that 2 to 40 and we thought 4 to 6 this little skinny band in Suffolk County and sure enough, that little band got some big totals. Bigger than i thought. Tonight you have tree limbs caked with heavy wet snow with wind. So they could break and take down power lines. That would be a problem with more power outages. Black ice will form. It will definitely form. All right . Its going to be below freezing for everybody so you will have some slick spots especially early saturday morning. Clear now, great looking weekend lies ahead then we watch this system out west. How is it going to play into our area by the time you get to, say, monday going into tuesday . And heres what we see. Here comes that coastal system because from the Pacific Northwest it drops to the gulf of mexico rides up the eastern seaboard, a little system to our north supplies cold air. As of right now its not showing them getting together but a little close to disregard t theres only one model that goes out that far. And we have the nam model around the area. But we watch this one. That we see for next week. As a matter of fact, take a look at this. Weekend. Then monday 39. I got a snowfall chance out there. You get to tuesday, 38 with a snowfall chance. I got wednesday, snowfall chance. Friday with a snowfall chance. Its just going to be active next week. So hey, keep it tuned right here. Well take you through it. One after another. Thank you, lonnie. Otis livingston now in San Francisco getting ready for super bowl 50. Otis. Reporter thats right, maurice. Countdown to kickoff rolls on. We are just two days away from super bowl 50. Eli manning has won two super bowl rings and hopes his brother peyton can pick up his second. But he still doesnt know if it will be peytons last game. The break. 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We are coming down the home stretch. Yeah, about 2 days before kickoff for super bowl 50. Because of the logistics, the nfl had to scrap one of its annual traditions. Usually on the final friday, the two coaches pose with the super bowl trophy but today as you can see, the hardware went solo. Thats what the panthers and broncos are fighting for. The Vince Lombardi trophy. Also on that stage, the giants manage and eli peyton talked about his brother Peyton Manning who seeks a second title in what may be his final game. His focus right now is totally on figuring out this Carolina Defense getting offense ready getting calls and making checks different cities you can call out the line of scrimmage and going out there and trying to win a football game. You want him to come back would you like to see hi him in a uniform . I cant planning a season when he is not there. Reporter all right. Our dagan early. What trip to San Francisco would be complete without taking in the sight of the Golden Gate Bridge . Our day began early. With that as the backdrop we spoke with Brandon Marshall who is here covering the super bowl as a member of the media for showtimes inside the nfl. We told him to break down the keys to the game. It will come down to the hidden yardage, not the stars. I think the star of this game is going to be defense. When you think about the games in the past where there was, you know, class of two great defensive units, it comes down to the punter, the kicking game. And if cole quit for the Denver Broncos can control the game with his foot i think reporter dont forget it tune into cbs 2 for all your super sunday action. We start at 11 a. M. Through kickoff at 6 30 and postgame after super bowl 50. Brandon marshall has never been to the super bowl let alone the playoffs but there will be a Brandon Marshall playing on sunday. He is a linebacker for the Denver Broncos. Thats not always a good thing to have that name though. Somebody in vegas asked me to do a club appearance. Im from vegas. I show up, and then i hear somebody saying behind me thats not him. And so i thought, you called my phone. How did you get my number . I had to show him my nfl card. I had to google myself and had to go through this trouble just to prove who i am. Were sorry. We can still do this for you. Nah, im good, im out of here. [ laughter ] reporter nah, man. I dont need it now. You got the wrong Brandon Marshall. Well, this is it. The teams went through their there will be no more practice maybe a walkthrough tomorrow and bronco head coach gary kubiak said the hay is in the barn. They are ready for a. Too bad we have to wait two days but super bowl 50 our coverage begins 11 00 on sunday morning. Thats it for now from San Francisco. Maurice, back to you. Thank you. Well be right back. Dont go away. Im Neil Patrick Harris and new york is my home. 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You can see the tread there on the top and the cab where the driver or the operator would be sitting is there at the bottom righthand corner. A really scary situation. We have a team of reporters working on this story tonight. And well bring you the very latest. Thank you, kristine. Striking images there. Also tonight he is accused of trying to kidnap, kill and cook women and tonight he is talking only to cbs 2. None of your friends knew this side of you . No, never. Alice gainer brings us the