The Empire State Building’s Erection
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A short film clip of men erecting steel columns for the Empire State Building. Not a hard hat or safety line in sight!
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Pat Dollard | Young Americans
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How many people died while building the Empire State Building?
Though rumors of hundreds of people dying on the work site circulated during the time of its construction, official records state that only five workers were killed: one worker was struck by a truck; a second fell down an elevator shaft; a third was hit by a hoist; a fourth was in a blast area; and a fifth fell off a scaffold.
Source: http://history1900s.about.com/od/1930s/a/empirefacts.htm
So only *two* people fell to their deaths and *none* were involved in deaths that a hard hat would have saved them from! Back when men were men (and half-insane!)
Ha! No unions, no OSHA. No wonder.
and no sissies.
These men were fearless.