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National News Brigitte Gerney, Crane Lady who survived collapse, dies at 85 Brigitte Gerney, whose legs were crushed when a construction crane collapsed on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in 1985, trapping her for six hours, freezing midtown traffic and touching off a media frenzy, died Friday at her home in Southampton, New York. She was 85. by NYTimes News Service Jun. 16 2021 @ 6:33pm Brigitte Gerney, whose legs were crushed when a construction crane collapsed on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in 1985, trapping her for six hours, freezing midtown traffic and touching off a media frenzy, died Friday at her home in Southampton, New York. She was 85. ....