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June 24, 2011
Atlantic Yards Drill Glitch Causes Rock Shower, Injures Two
Seven cars were also damaged after a spray of packed earth and stones hit Atlantic Avenue.
Prospect Heights Patch
by Amy Sara Clark
The Atlantic Yards project has showered the people of Brooklyn with tons of stress, anger and frustration, but on Tuesday the site literally showered them — with golf ball-sized chunks of falling debris.
Two people were injured and seven cars damaged after a drilling accident on the site of Forest City Ratner's mega project caused rocks, packed earth and construction debris to rain down on pedestrians and cars outside of the Atlantic Yards construction site yesterday morning.
...Officials are still looking into exactly what caused the drill to malfunction. In the meatime, Forest City Ratner has halted drilling while a larger shield is installed on the drill that is designed to contain flying debris.
NoLandGrab: Perhaps Forest City could convert the drill into a lethal killing machine that shoots debris at the rats that are overrunning the neighborhood.
Posted by eric at June 24, 2011 10:00 AM