For author Laura Bernal, July 18, 2008 could have changed her life forever. Her father Martin Bernal was working at Lyondell-Basell when one of the world’s biggest cranes owned and operated by Deep South Crane & Rigging collapsed killing many of their workers. The article discusses what went wrong that day and the aftermath of […]
![The Day the Earth Shook: Crane Collapse A collapsed crane is visible, Friday afternoon, within the LyondellBasell Houston Refinery, Friday, July 18, 2008, in Houston. ONE TIME USE ONLY! This image may not be resold. No archive. No standalone internet. No social media. No advertising. CREDIT Steve Ueckert/©Houston Chronicle](https://houstonhistorymagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/m15427122-CraneCollapse-20080718_HC-e1510775175956-100x100.jpg)