CNN - 7th body pulled from rubble of crane collapse

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7th body pulled from rubble of crane collapse

A seventh body has been pulled from the site where a crane collapsed Saturday on the East Side of Midtown Manhattan, New York police said Monday.

The body, belonging to a female, is the third found Monday and the last person who had not been accounted for since the accident, according to officials.

The woman is believed to have been in the five-story townhouse destroyed by the top portion of the crane.

The Associated Press reported that the 6th body found earlier Monday was that of a construction worker.

The crane fell Saturday when a piece of steel dropped, cutting a tie holding the crane to an under-construction skyscraper. See the scene of the destruction

In addition to the seven dead, 24 people were injured, three critically.

The crane damaged six buildings, including an 18-story residential high-rise across the street from the construction site. A dozen other buildings in the area were evacuated, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told reporters Sunday.

The woman whose body was discovered Monday was visiting from Miami, Florida, for St. Patrick's Day, a business owner in the townhouse told The Associated Press.

She was in her friend's second-floor apartment when the crane crashed down, John LaGreco, owner of a bar on the ground floor of the building, told AP. Her friend was rescued, he said. Watch workers at the scene Sunday

City officials had inspected the crane Friday and found no violations. However, the construction site itself had been cited by New York's environmental control board for at least nine relatively minor infractions -- from failure to have a safety manager present as required to failing to perform adequate housekeeping.

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer on Sunday argued it should not be considered "business as usual" for such violations to occur.

He provided a list of the violations, plus another five "open violations" being looked at by the New York Department of Buildings.

Ellen Sweeney, a witness to the collapse, said the crane had looked "wobbly." Watch Sweeney describe the crash as crews go to work

"It was the highest crane any of us had ever seen," she said. "It's a small street, not full of high-rises, and the noise sounded like an earthquake. That's what I thought it was."

The crane's tumble damaged buildings on 50th Street and 51st Street near Second Avenue.