Crime & Safety

Woman Injured After Hammock Falls From Lower Manhattan Building

A woman was seriously injured on Tuesday afternoon after a hammock fell multiple stories from a building in the Financial District.

FINANCIAL DISTRICT, NY — A woman was seriously injured on Tuesday afternoon after a hammock fell multiple stories from a building in lower Manhattan, authorities said.

The woman was transported to Bellevue and is in serious but stable condition, a fire department spokeswoman told Patch.

The hammock reportedly fell five stories from a building near in the intersection of Church Street and Park Place. No criminality is suspected, an NYPD spokesman told Patch.

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