Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'alcidesmoreno'
January 4, 2008
Last month, scaffolding holding two window cleaners outside a 47-floor building on East 66th Street collapsed, leaving one of the cleaners dead and the other, his brother, with massive injuries. Now, the survivor's doctors and wife are talking about his "miraculous" recovery, as he's alert and talking - and may even be able to walk in a year. Here's a list of what Alcides Moreno has been through, per the Daily News:- Fell 47......
Continue Reading "Window Cleaner's 47-Floor Fall Survival a "Miracle""December 14, 2007
Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery on Austin Rd. in Queens, another bank robbery on Church Ave. in Brooklyn, and a police car vs. scaffolding in Manhattan; the scaffolding has been compromised. A Queens high school was locked down this afternoon for two hours after a student's 'To Do' list was found listing seven students "To kill today." The projected cost of restoring the separate homes that constitute Admiral's Row at the......
Continue Reading "Extra, Extra"December 13, 2007
The scaffolding around an East 66th Street building that collapsed and left one brother dead and another critically injured had a number of previous violations. The Daily News reports that the scaffolding had been cited 10 times in June, and the "violations included orders to repair a safety railing and the main roof, provide padding for workers and adjust an overload detection device." Brothers Edgar and Alcides Moreno were moonlighting for City Wide Window Cleaning......
Continue Reading "Problems with Scaffolding in Fatal Collapse "December 9, 2007
The two brothers who fell more than 40 stories from an Upper East Side apartment tower--only one surviving--had an inkling, if not outright concern, that the window washing scaffolding and platform they were using was not safe. A brother-in-law of Alcides and Edgar Moreno said that he talked with one of the brothers the morning of the incident, expressing their concern over the safety of the equipment, which apparently had a history of malfunctioning.The family......
Continue Reading "Brothers Sensed Danger in Faulty High-Rise Rig"December 8, 2007
The two men who fell more than 40 stories, when the window washing rig they had just stepped onto collapsed, were brothers. Edgar and Alcides Moreno were Ecuadorians who had come to the U.S. and lived in Linden, NJ. They worked for City Wide Window Cleaning and were regular fixtures at the Solow Tower Apartments building on East 66th St. The brothers were just starting work yesterday morning when they may have stepped on to......
Continue Reading "Brothers Plummet in High-rise Horror"
