Explosion in Downtown NYC

[Doggiedog]

Crossing the news now. In the Apex Technical School on 19th St.

No indication of injuries.

 

[conjur]

"Technical" school? Someone finally overclocked an Athlon TOO far.

Seriously...hope no one was injured.

 

[minendo]

Trying to access CNN.com as we speak, but no luck yet.

 

[minendo]

<< Trying to access CNN.com as we speak, but no luck yet. >>


We can't find "www.cnn.com".:Q

 

[Doggiedog]

The building collapsed.

Many injuries now.

It is on the local news.

 

Man I was just about to graduate and get my free set of tools!

Ok, bad joke.

 

[conjur]

<< The building collapsed.

Many injuries now.

It is on the local news. >>




:Q

 

I have a close friend at CNN. She says there is no evidence yet of an explosion.

 

[SilverThief]

Terrible.

 

[minendo]

All of 7th avenue close to the incident is being closed.:Q Part of eight story building has collapsed.

 

[conjur]

WCBS reporting the school teaches automotive service and repair. Firefighters apparently trying to reach the roof.

 

[AlwaysWong]

Please post more details. I'm in CA, but I have a friend who goes there.

 

[minendo]

Fire chief told CNN that there will be an official announcement soon. Pending details.

 

[StageLeft]

It's CNN headline now - no story yet.

 

My friend at CNN now confirms it was an explosion.

edit: now, not not

 

[StageLeft]

<< My friend at CNN not confirms it was an explosion. >>

huh?

 

[Blayze]

has the building collapsed?

Im hearing 2 different stories on the news...

 

[conjur]

MSNBC streaming video showing victims being treated on the street.

 

[308nato]

I can almost guess the word "acetylene" will be cropping up shortly.

 

[StageLeft]

msnbc needs commentary. No rubble or anything so who knows wtf is going on.

 

[BornStar]

FoxNews has a small writeup on it. This is terrible. I hope that everybody is alright.

 

[Blayze]

I wonder what caused this...

terrible anyway. brings back to many memories of 9-11-2001

 

[iamwiz82]

i'm watching it on Fox New right now. Wow, there are a TON of fire fighters/police in the street.

 

[KeyserSoze]

"NEW YORK (CNN) -- A number of people were injured by what police and fire officials described as either an explosion or a building collapse Thursday at a technical school in Manhattan.

The incident happened at Apex Technical School in the Chelsea neighborhood.

No other details were immediately available. "





KeyserSoze

 

[iamwiz82]

The tech. school(Apex) just informed Fox News that it was not their building. Interesting thing was that the school was in the middle of a fire drill when it happened.