Damage is seen at the site of a crane collapse at 91st Street and First Avenue in New York May 30, The large crane collapsed in New York City on Friday, killing one person and damaging an apartment building on Manhattan's upper east side, emergency services said.

Construction workers sit on top of the device used to hold the crane that collapsed at 91st Street and First Avenue in New York May 30, 2008

Damage is seen at the site of a crane collapse in New York May 30, 2008

Rescue workers stand at the site of a crane collapse in New York May 30, 2008.

Firefighters look at the damage after a crane collapsed at 91st Street and First Avenue in New York May 30, 2008.

Damage is seen at the site of a crane collapse at 91st Street and First Avenue in New York May 30, 2008.

New York City Fire Department firefighters work on the scene of a crane collapse on Manhattan's Upper East Side at 91st Street and 1st Avenue in New York. A construction crane crashed onto a building in New York City Friday causing damage and at least one death, AFP confirmed, the second deadly crane accident here in less than three months

Part of a construction crane, center, remains standing after it collapsed on white building, center, on Manhattan's Upper East Side and struck an apartment building and demolished another in New York, Friday May 30, One person is reported killed and two injured.

The collapsed crane lies at the scene of a crane collapse on New York's Upper East Side Friday, May 30, The crane smashed into a 23- story apartment building before crashing onto the street below and killing at least one person.

A large crane lies in this intersection on the Upper East Side after it collapsed Friday, May 30, 2008 in New York just before first responders arrived on the scene.

A portable crane is prepared to lift debris at the site of a major crane collapse in New York May 30, The large crane collapsed damaging an apartment building on Manhattan's upper east side and injuring at least two people, the New York City Fire Department said on Friday.

An official inspects part of a crane left standing after it collapsed on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York, Friday May 30, One person is reported killed with two injuries and seven buildings have been evacuated as a precaution following the collapse.

wldOfficials survey damage after a construction crane collapse on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York, Friday May 30, One person is reported killed with two injuries and seven buildings have been evacuated as a precaution following the collapse.

A member of a Emergency Services Unit checks the portion of a crane that collapsed in Manhattan, New York destroying a penthouse on top of the building Friday, May, 30, 2008

A support collar, which holds part of a crane to the building, is seen at the site of a crane collapse in New York May 30, 2008.

Part of a crane that collapsed is seen looking down 91st Street on New York's Upper East Side Friday, May 30, 2008.

Workers climb part of the still standing sections of the crane at the scene of a crane collapse on New York's Upper East Side Friday, May 30, 2008.

Damage is seen at the site of a crane collapse at 91st Street and First Avenue in New York May 30, 2008.

A portion of a crane that collapsed lies on the street on New York's Upper East Side Friday, May 30, 2008.

Construction workers watch as rescue crews work at the scene of a crane collapse on New York's Upper East Side Friday, May 30, 2008

Rescue workers look through wreckage in the aftermath of a construction crane collapse on New York's Upper East Side, Friday, May 30, 2008.

In this frame grab taken from WABC television, damage and debris to a building next to the scene of a construction crane collapse at at East 91st Street and First Avenue in New York Friday, May 30, 2008 is seen.