AS A NATIVE NEW YORKER , I'M SURE MOST RESIDENT'S WILL AGREE, WE SEE THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN. LIKE MANY "ACCIDENT'S" IN AND AROUND N.Y. THIS CRANE TRAGEDY COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN AVOIDED. EVERYONE IS QUICK TO POINT A FINGER FOR BLAME FOR THE MISHAP'S AFTER THEY HAPPEN HOWEVER EVERYONE SHARES RESPONSIBILTY. . WORKER'S TO POLITICAL FIGURE'S ARE NOT DOING WHAT SHOULD HAVE BE DONE TO AVOID THESE ACCIDENT'S .
WE SEE THE SAME THING WITH METAL SIDEWALK COVER'S AND LAMP POST'S ELECTRICUTING PET'S BECAUSE OF FAULTY WIRING. EVERYODY IS IN A FRENZY FOR ABOUT 72 HOUR'S PROMISES ARE MADE THEN SUDDENLY THE HYPE IS OVER A NEW STORY IS FOCUSED ON "THE HEAT" IS OFF AND ALL BET'S ARE OFF. EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. CHANGE'S NEVER TAKE PLACE AND IT'S A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE DISASTER STRIKES YET AGAIN. MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT SCENE BUT SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCE'S.
HOW MANY PEOPLE NEED TO DIE BEFORE THE PUBLIC'S SAFETY IS LITERALLY TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. WOULD IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF ONE OF THE VICTIM'S WAS A FAMOUS PERSON OR RELATED TO A POLITCAL FIGURE? WOULD IT THEN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND ACTUALLY GET THING'S TO CHANGE?
WHAT WILL BE THE NEXT DISASTER HERE IN N.Y? ..A BRIDGE COLLAPSING DUE TO NEGLIGENCE? ....A STREET SWALLOWING A SCHOOL BUS BECAUSE OF THE MANY POT HOLES FORCING THE GROUND UNDERNEATH TO GIVE WAY? ...ANOTHER BUILDING COLLAPSE DUE TO OVERDEVELOPMENT? THE CYCLE IS NEVER ENDING.