Comments on: The Empire State Building’s Erection http://patdollard.com/2009/03/vintage-the-empire-state-buildings-erection/ The War Starts Here Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:16:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: MileHigh http://patdollard.com/2009/03/vintage-the-empire-state-buildings-erection/#comment-404535 MileHigh Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:36:38 +0000 http://patdollard.com/?p=62775#comment-404535 :arrow: David and no sissies. These men were fearless. :arrow: David
and no sissies.

These men were fearless.

]]> By: David http://patdollard.com/2009/03/vintage-the-empire-state-buildings-erection/#comment-404297 David Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:46:22 +0000 http://patdollard.com/?p=62775#comment-404297 Ha! No unions, no OSHA. No wonder. Ha! No unions, no OSHA. No wonder.

]]> By: ECM http://patdollard.com/2009/03/vintage-the-empire-state-buildings-erection/#comment-404205 ECM Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:27:02 +0000 http://patdollard.com/?p=62775#comment-404205 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!) 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!)

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