After looming over the streets of New Orleans for over a week, two damaged cranes that leaned precariously over the remains of a partially collapsed hotel were brought down Sunday afternoon using a series of controlled explosions. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has said removing those was the next priority after the cranes went down. He said one of the collapsed cranes had damaged a sewer line -- and crews were prepared for that -- while a gas line and electric line remained undamaged. The Hard Rock Hotel, near the city's iconic French Quarter, was under construction when it partially collapsed on Oct. 12, killing three workers and sending debris into the neighborhood below. DAMAGED CRANES HAMPERING RESCUE EFFORTS IN PARTIALLY COLLAPSED NEW ORLEANS HARD ROCK HOTELTwo bodies remained in the hotel's unstable wreckage and Mayor LaToya Cantrell said recovering the remains would be a priority once the cranes were down.

Source: Fox News October 20, 2019 19:55 UTC