Last Thursday in Fort Lauderdale a crane collapsed onto a house — then, hilariously, the truck-mounted crane they brought in to lift it also fell on the same house. I mean, two dead cranes on one roof; we’re basically watching a metal horror movie. Firefighters reported significant structural damage, but somehow nobody was hurt, so that’s the miracle here. The neighbor said the owner had been renovating for months — congrats, your remodel is finished, buddy, open floor plan achieved. We riff on what crane number three would even do pulling up to that scene and how emotionally crushed the homeowner must be. Trust me, this is peak Florida-situation comedy with zero injuries and 100% chaos.
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I tell the Fort Lauderdale story: a truck-mounted crane collapsed onto a house, chaos but no injuries.
We laugh that Florida's latest headline is two cranes on one house after a rescue-lift went hilariously wrong.
I point out they brought in crane number two to lift crane one, and yep, crane two also tipped over.
We joke the homeowner had been remodeling for months, now 'complete'—open floor plan thanks to two fallen cranes, emotionally wrecked.
I marvel that firefighters described 'significant structural damage' but the real miracle is no one was physically injured in this crane pileup.
We imagine crane number three pulling up and immediately turning around—this ain't a job site, it's a warning.
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Speaker A:
It's haystack.
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And you know about the whole Florida man thing, right?
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Everybody's heard of Florida man.
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Usually some guy getting arrested because he tried to fight an alligator with a pool noodle.
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Well, apparently, Florida man's not limited to criminals, eccentric locals, and people screaming on Facebook.
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You see, last Thursday in Fort Lauderdale, a crane attached to a truck collapsed onto a house.
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Firefighters show up, they report significant structural damage, which is basically firefighter language.
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For good news, we found your kitchen.
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Bad news, your kitchen is in the driveway.
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So anyway, now they've got this problem.
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There is a crane lying on somebody's house.
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And how do you remove a crane?
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Well, apparently the answer in Florida is yes, of course, another crane, which makes sense.
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You.
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You fight fire with fire.
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You fight crane with crane.
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So they bring in a second truck mounted crane to lift the first crane off of the house, and the second crane falls on the house.
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What do you do at that point?
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You just call the homeowner and say, hey, quick question.
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How.
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How attached are you to the concept of house?
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I mean, this is incredible.
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Crane number one apparently could not handle whatever it was lifting.
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So crane number two comes in, and nobody stopped to think before we lift crane number one.
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Do we know how much a crane weighs?
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So now there are two cranes lying on this poor guy's house.
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And, you know, you.
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You know, somebody at that construction company looked around and said, well, we're gonna need a crane.
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No, we are officially out of cranes.
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You had two crane lives and you used them both.
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Can you.
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Can you imagine being crane number three?
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You pull onto that street, there are already two dead cranes lying across the same house.
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That's not a job site.
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That's a warning.
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It's like being the third guy in the horror movie to say, I'm gonna go check the basement, buddy.
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We know what's in the basement.
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Cranes.
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Dead cranes.
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Somehow nobody was injured.
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That's the great news.
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Which is.
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It's amazing.
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Although, of course, the homeowner has been injured emotionally.
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The neighbor says that the guy had been remodeling the house for months.
