A 24" steam pipe, installed in 1924, ruptured at 5:57 PM during rush hour.
One woman is confirmed dead due to heart attack with over 20 others in hospital.
Hole is large enough to have a tow truck "parked" inside of it and perhaps one other vehicle.
Initial scene and reports brought back both images and thoughts of 9/11. However very soon after initial reports, it was confirmed to have been a infrastructure failure and nothing more.
That said, NY's Finest and Bravest swarmed the area just as they have been practicing for the past several years.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domes...41887120070719
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/18/new...ion/index.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19837147/
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289842,00.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...n3072634.shtml
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_199211634.html
http://www.wnbc.com/news/13708385/de...l?dl=mainclick
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?se...cal&id=5489428
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3391889