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Fired subcontractor in second Ground Zero accident

A piece of steel equipment accidentally fell off of the 23rd floor of the former Deutsche Bank building Thursday, injuring two firefighters just five days after two others were killed in a horrific blaze there.

The worker who lost control of the palette lift before it fell off an exterior elevator of the building at about 2 p.m. was an employee of the John Galt Corp., the subcontractor that...

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