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Per hour. more than 60, 65, 70 stories above. and the crane just could not handle it. still photographer took a picture with a telescopic lens and we could see there were just three steel cables that were holding that crane, that toppled crane in place. before we left there, that crane, which had base park pointing south, the strong gusting winds had forced it to turn southwest before we left. again, they had set up a collapse zone. no cars, no pedestrians. they evacuated the apartment buildings, the businesses, even the hotel in the area was evacuated. guests were moved to other hotels becaus...

If that thing is going to fall. but you can see behind that they have really blocked things off and taken every measure possible. what can you tell us at this hour? >> reporter: i can tell you, e ed, that everybody is a lot more nervous right now than they were earlier because the winds have picked up and the crane has started to sway on and off. if you look behind me, you can see the traffic light here, we have various gusts and even the traffic light is going back and forth from the wind. and who knows what the intensity is some 65-plus stories up above the ground at this $1.5 billion luxury...

>> we are beginning to take the worst of hurricane sandy on the jersey shore. look at this wave. >> we're getting one heck of a back kick out of this thing. it's like a mule rearing up on its front legs and letting go because that's the way i feel right now. >> the water continues to come up at-bat tri park. look at this water. it continues to roll in. we still have a ways totion until we get to high tide. the water could come up more than it does right now. >> this house hours ago was in fine shape, but the waves have just been relentless. just pounding through. >> set off a collapse zone. no...

Jersey shore. look at this wave. >> we're getting one heck of a back kick out of this thing. it's like a mule rearing up on its front legs and letting go because that's the way i feel right now. >> the water continues to come up at battery park. look at this water. it continues to roll in. we still have a ways to go until we get to high tide. the water could come up more than it does right now. >> this house hours ago was in fine shape, but the waves have just been relentless. just pounding through. >> set off a collapse zone. no cars, no pedestrians in this area. >> i'm actually on someone's ...

>> oh, sir. i'm so sorry. i think that you may be on mute. >> sorry. i'm back. >> apologize there. thank you so much. yes, do i. here's hoping we can get out of this pandemic so we have to stop dealing with this. please, start again. >> i'm so sorry. yes. so the demolition of the building certainly made it a bit safer for the crews. there's no hazard with the falling debris now or further collapse and so the efforts now can span the entire collapse zone. we were certainly restricted because of the hazards of the building. so as you see now, those being recovered and the numbers are coming up. ...