From Crane Collapses to Politics as Unusual: 2008 in Review

<b>Fatal Construction Collapse at the Trump Soho</b>, January 14: What was initially thought to be a scaffolding collapse at the under-construction Trump Soho turned out to be a <a href="http://gothamist.com/2008/01/14/breaking_collap.php">partial collapse of newly-poured concrete 42nd floor</a>. Workers had been pouring concrete into molds which broke; one worker, Yuriy Vanchytskyy, <a href="http://gothamist.com/2008/01/15/construction_wo_1.php">fell 42 stories to his death</a> while one was caught by the safety netting. Critics said the construction crews were rushing the job, A stop-work order for the upper floors was put in effect until August.