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| An Ironworker Family |
| Little old writer lady ~ dctl ~ copyright 1989 |
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| Tony Lund Ironworker |
In a panic voice I heard - "We're O.K. Honey - the boys and me - wanted you to know before the news you hear or see -" A call came from Gord that morn "have you got the radio on - turn up the horn. the phones are busy - got to go - bodies are twisted in the iron - isn't anything we can do - we'll be home early I know". Listening to the radio later that morn - came the news of a great construction accident - what of the crews --- The site was in San Francisco city some had died and things were in a ditty. California Street was mentioned - that I knew near where Gord and our two Ironworker sons made up a crew. Construction workers erecting a highrise were raising a crane something happened and down it all came on pedestrains - cars, buses and things in the traffic lane. Later Gord, Carey and Tony came home face's "ASHEN WHITE" - they'd left the debris for rescue workers to comb. Gord said " IT'S THE BIGGEST MESS - I'VE SEEN" "I heard a load noise and looked about - as over the side of the building I leaned. The noise was an Erie Sound I dropped my tools as I saw the crane and materials come flying down. I hollered to the crew "COME ON - LETS GO" what all had happened I didn't know. But I could see it came from another construction site a block away as we hurried down the ladder from 5th to 4th floor and grabbed others along the way. On this floor we grabbed and entered the man lift we knew it would be faster than stairs - a little more swift. Our fellow construction workers and Ironworkers were on that job and would need our help - as down the street we ran you could almost hear our hearts throb. Down the hill we all flew there wasn't any time to spare we knew. Cars were crushed - trucks and buses too - sirens were screaming as down the street other help flew. We checked through the wreckage where it lay offering assistance to others, removing debris along our way "Hey guys look up" - I heard someone call we could see pieces of other buildings ready to fall. Besides the mess here on the ground there were windows knocked out and bricks and things coming down. On the route the crane took - as it came tumbling down it had made a path of ruin all around. From a building on the other side of the street and around the corner more devastation we were to meet. How helpless we felt - there was nothing we could do to save our Brother Ironworkers of this crew." Brother Ironworkers had met their fate I knew I would never forget this date "Tuesday - 1989 - November - Twenty Eight". |
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| Carey,Gordon,Tony Look like "Ironworkers"! ? |
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