Manhattan high-rise to be stabilized after columns buckle, forcing evacuations | Region

NEW YORK (AP) — Workers were expected to begin stabilizing a Manhattan high-rise Tuesday evening after buckled columns and sagging floors forced evacuations in and around the midtown construction site.

Construction workers at the site and people in nearby buildings — including a school, diplomatic offices and several hotels — in the busy corridor of midtown had been rushed out after firefighters were called there around 8 a.m. and found the precarious conditions.

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