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New
York's Men of Steel: Hard Hats, Soft Hearts
Washington
Post
September 15, 2001
They come in
carrying Skil saws and wrenches, spades and Halligan tools. They
drive loaders, excavators, backhoes and bulldozers. They commit
grand acts of improvisation and problem-solving. "Every tradesman
in New York is here," said carpenter Frank McCluskey of the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 608. "All
the construction jobs have ceased."
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