{"id":3404,"date":"2008-05-03T08:51:10","date_gmt":"2008-05-03T13:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/?p=3404"},"modified":"2008-05-03T08:51:10","modified_gmt":"2008-05-03T13:51:10","slug":"less_news_story_than_sign_of_the_times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/05\/less_news_story_than_sign_of_the_times.html","title":{"rendered":"Less News Story Than Sign Of The Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/2008\/05\/02\/2008-05-02_assistant_ok_after_scary_debris_plunge.html\">Film set P.A. + construction site debris<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>A production assistant working on a film set in Manhattan was injured when a piece of plywood from a building renovation hit him on the head Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Remarkably, Walter Wilkerson, 56, was not seriously hurt by the debris that plunged 12 stories from a Gramercy Park office tower about 7:30 a.m., officials said.<\/p>\n<p>. . .<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses said Wilkerson, who was arranging parking along Park Ave. South and E.18th St. for the filming of a commercial, was struck by the plywood after a gust of wind wrenched it loose from a suspended scaffolding.<\/p>\n<p>Horrified co-workers watched as the large slab hurtled toward the sidewalk and tried in vain to warn Wilkerson, who was carrying a cup of coffee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was like a Frisbee,&#8221; said Jaz Reyes, 28, a fellow production assistant.<\/p>\n<p>City Buildings Department officials said workers were repairing the 19-story office building&#8217;s facade when the debris fell.<\/p>\n<p>City inspectors issued a violation to the contractor, Yates Restoration Group, for failing to protect the public and property, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Wilkerson remained in good humor after the near disaster.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m still mad about my coffee,&#8221; he said, noting he spilled the java after he was struck. &#8220;My legs are still a little rubbery, and my balance is off.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Film set P.A. + construction site debris: A production assistant working on a film set in Manhattan was injured when a piece of plywood from a building renovation hit him on the head Thursday. Remarkably, Walter Wilkerson, 56, was not seriously hurt by the debris that plunged 12 stories from a Gramercy Park office tower [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-i_dont_care_if_youre_filming_youre_in_my_goddamn_way"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}