This past March a construction accident at the Freedom Towers showed the unsteady relationship between the city and the Port Authority in relationship to the site.

Construction accidents can be extremely dangerous or even fatal.

“A Bronx hardhat was seriously injured when he plunged nearly two stories inside the Freedom Tower on Monday – sparking a flareup in the ongoing feud between the city and the Port Authority over access to Ground Zero.

Jose Jerez, 28, was working on a doorway 100 feet above street level when he plummeted about 14 feet, landing on a plywood floor inside the skyscraper-to-be, Port Authority officials said.

The Port Authority, which owns and has sole jurisdiction over the former World Trade Center site, dispatched its own police and emergency responders, who reached Jerez “within a minute or two” of his fall, said spokesman Steve Coleman.

The first FDNY unit to reach Ground Zero, Engine 10, arrived at the site’s northern end, along Vesey St., but was not permitted entry by the Port Authority, FDNY sources said.

A short time later, six members of the FDNY’s Squad 18 unit arrived at the western edge of Ground Zero and were allowed to assist in removing Jerez from the site, the FDNY sources said.”

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Source: http://www.nydailynews.com