Turtle Hill residents displaced by Saturday's deadly crane collapse continued to wait Sunday to get back into their homes. NY1's Lori Bordonaro filed the following report.

Residents continued to wait Sunday to get back into their homes. Many say their pets are still inside.

"It's too dangerous," said resident Pat Sorenson. "Until they get the crane off, the firemen were explaining to us they can't do anything until they remove the crane."

That crane came crashing into the terrace next to Pat Sorenson's East 51st Street apartment on Saturday.

"At that point, I backed away because I was frightened," recalled Sorenson.

Even more frightening was the fact that Sorenson said he could see four construction workers dangling from the crane.

"I looked out my window and saw them trying to hold on," said Sorenson. "No idea if they jumped or catapulted from the top snapping."

Sorenson says she's called 311 three times to complain about the project, which residents say was too tall and too dangerous.

Apartments and lives were not the only thing lost here. There are a lot of Irish pubs and restaurants that had been anticipating a busy St. Patrick's Day.

"My life has to start over. I have to start a new business and look for a new livelihood," said John LaGreco, owner of the bar/restaurant Fubar, which was flattened in the collapse.

LaGreco says he feels lucky he was not inside; however, his employee was and is now being treated at Bellevue Hospital.

"He was the guy I came running downtown to come and see, because I knew he was in the building," said LaGreco.

Many neighbors are counting on each other to get through this. Many are also counting their blessings.

"I can just imagine what would've been had it went toward Second Avenue," said resident Dr. David Lieberman.

- Lori Bordonaro