Crews Continue To Search Rubble Of Collapsed Hotel

October 14, 2019 4:28 am

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The coroner’s office in New Orleans has identified one of two workers known to have died when a hotel under construction partially collapsed.  He was 49-year-old Anthony Floyd Magrette. His body was removed from the wreckage Sunday and his identity was confirmed by the coroner Monday. New Orleans news outlets report his wife and family had kept a vigil at the site in downtown New Orleans until the body was removed.  Efforts to retrieve another body and find the missing worker continued Monday in the dangerously unstable building at the edge of the French Quarter.  Experts also are making plans to stabilize and move a huge crane at the site.  Fire Chief Tim McConnell says engineers are in the structure to looking for ways to stabilize it. A huge crane at the site also must be stabilized.  Two major thoroughfares near the French Quarter and the main business district remain closed.  The cause of the collapse is under investigation. Officials said the last inspection of record at the site was Sept. 24th.  (Photo:  CNN)