the crack she hears is the sound of the roadway caving into the subway tunnel under construction. mud, rocks, dirt and water cascade down into a big hole, exposing sensitive utility pipes. the news crews on site capture the dramatic event as it unfolds. my first concern was was anybody killed or injured in the hole? fortunately, it turned out, though they were working in there when they heard the crack they all moved away from the street to be sure that nothing was going to happen. the crater keeps expanding until it measures 70 feet wide and 70 feet deep. as the hole grows in size, so does goldberg s anxiety. her biggest fear is the exposed gas lines. we got all of the gas company people out there to start shutting off gas lines around the area.
and then crack. the crack she hears is the sound of the roadway caving into the subway tunnel under construction. mud, rocks, dirt and water cascade down into a big hole, exposing sensitive utility pipes. the news crews on site capture the dramatic event as it unfolds. my first concern was was anybody killed or injured in the hole. it turns out, though they were working in there, when they heard the crack they all moved away from the street to be sure that nothing was going to happen. the crater keeps expanding until it measures 70 feet wide and 70 feet deep. as the hole grows in size, so does goldberg s anxiety. her biggest fear is the exposed gas lines. we have all the gas company people out there to start shutting off gas lines around the area. you break a water line, you get water. you break an electric thing, you
to drill through a wall reinforced with steel to a catwalk running alongside utility pipes. they worked their way down four stories and then cut through a two-foot thick wall and through a steel pipe, only 24 inches in diameter, shimmied until they got to a tunnel. after another several hundred feet they came to a manhole they sawed open with their tools. escaping on a street a block from prison walls. a neighbor coming home at 12:30 a.m. saying he confronted the two men in his backyard. now speaking out for the first time with abc news. so they re just there in your backyard? yes, they were looking around a little bit. as soon as i came across, they ran out of my yard. that was them. that was them, yeah. reporter: schools in the area now guarded by police. children staying indoors. and so if those two men seen in the backyard were in fact the escapees it would mean they would have had a five-hour head start before anyone realized they were missing.
sweat and matt using power tools to drill through a wall reinforced with steel to a catwalk running alongside utility pipes. they worked their way down four stories and then cut through a two-foot thick wall and through a steel pipe only 24 inches in diameter shimmied until they got to a tunnel. after another several hundred feet they came to a manhole they sawed open with their tools. escaping on a street a block from prison walls. a neighbor coming home at 12:30 a.m. saying he confronted the two men in his backyard. now speaking out for the first time with abc news. so they re just there in your backyard? yes, they were looking around a little bit. as soon as i came across, they ran out of my yard. that was them. that was them, yeah. reporter: schools in the area now guarded by police. children staying indoors. and so if those two men seen in the backyard were in fact the escapees it would mean they would have had a five-hour head start before anyone realized