Unbelievable, 300-ton, 400-feet tall construction crane crashed down on Vallco Mall in Cupertino. Luckily, no one was injured!

Stormy weather leaving its mark
By Julie Patel - Mercury News

No one was injured when a 400-foot-long crane fell into a Cupertino mall Monday, but business is already hurting as investigators try to get to the bottom of what went wrong.
Customers and employees ``were standing up and seeing the thing coming right through the center of the ceiling,'' said Sandy Phillips, owner of New Things West/Bay Area Bridal, who viewed the damage from behind police tape Monday night after a strong winter storm knocked the crane over at the mall at Stevens Creek Boulevard and Wolfe Road in Cupertino. ``It looks like 9/11.''

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and an engineering firm hired by DPR Construction -- the contractor hired to lead the $200 million mall renovation project -- are trying to determine how a gust of wind could topple a 300-ton crane; why the crane was sitting vertically with the boom up; and whether there were any safety policies violated.
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