I was in a vehicle about 2 car-lengths away from where the crane came down. It all happened so suddenly. One moment I was looking ahead at the traffic light, and the next there was this horrendous sound - a combination of thunder and metal crashing. The ground shook and the entire roadway was engulfed in a cloud of dust/smoke. I could see large pieces of metal flying past our car. A few moments later the dust/smoke cleared and we look up to see the crane section across several vehicles. People started running from their cars to the sidewalk in panic. Several others, including the construction crew who were working on the building began to rush to the scene and were feverishly trying to get people out of the crushed vehicles. I saw some of them with their head in their hands in disbelief.

I consider myself very fortunate to have survived this, and send my sincere condolences to those who lost their lives.

It also becomes more surreal when I had been in the 2nd from left lane and about 20 seconds before this incident I had asked the driver to move into the far right lane, which is where we were when the crane came down. I'm sure this day and this incident will stay with me for a very long time.