situation yesterday could have been much, much worse. listen. as you see from the debris on the street this could have been much worse. we are fortunate we were not doing a busy time of the day. the port authority is here. many of the buses move through here. we were extremely fortunate. while the cause of the fire is still being determined sources telling the new york post the working theory among investigators is that the crane fire started from an hydraulic fuel leak heated metal onto the crane s main deck. the machine 180-foot boom collapsed hitting a nearby sky scraper before careening down 54 stories to the street below. it was lifting 16 tons of corn concrete at the moment of collapse. still blocking the entrance of a downtown motel forcing already evacuated guests to pack their things, check out and find new accommodations and back here live you can see work is now