The tow-truck driver badly burned in last month’s steam explosion near Grand Central Terminal may face a double amputation, his devastated parents said yesterday.
The mother of injured driver Gregory McCullough said she and her husband were heartbroken to learn from doctors at New York Presbyterian Cornell Weill’s burn unit that their son might lose an arm and a leg.
“He’s in pain. He does cry,” said his mother, Tanya Stewart. “This is devastating. No family should have to go through this.”
Stewart revealed the extent of her son’s injuries on the steps of Brooklyn Supreme Court. McCullough’s lawyer was there battling to stop Con Edison from dismantling a piece of pipe, called a steam trap, that blew in the explosion.
Judge Bruce Balster listened to oral arguments on whether he should lift a temporary restraining order preventing investigators hired by the utility from dismantling the pipe.
Con Edison investigators want to determine if the steam trap, which keeps water out of steam lines, was functioning properly.