Police Chief Armando Perez and the department's mounted unit, Fire Chief Brian Rooney and several firefighters also attended.Īfter the speeches, a short procession led by a bagpiper gathered at the L'Ambiance monument, where Marshall read the names of all of the workers killed, with a fireman tolling a bell for each one. Richard Blumenthal and Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim also spoke to the crowd of more than 50 people. "We come back every year to remember the victims and their families, but also that the current generation of government officials and labor leaders continue to fight to make workplaces safer.'' "Three decades is a long time it can be a person's entire working career,'' Marshall said. Glenn Marshall, head of the state Carpenters Union Local 210, recalled that he was working on another job site, a short distance from L'Ambiance, when the structure collapsed. "This is what happens when people become cogs in a machine, when it becomes all about speed and efficiency.'' "We owe it to all of them to remember that this wasn't an accident,'' Himes said. It took rescue crews 10 days working around the clock to pull all of the bodies from the rubble. Three CT hospitals among best in the U.S., federal agency saysĪnother 22 were seriously injured when the half-built, $17.6 million apartment complex collapsed, burying workers under tons of steel and concrete.Opinion: Postpone exits 16-17 project to protect Norwalk residents from pollution.Former Norwalk resident, 29, who sued Alex Jones over Parkland shooting dies in house fire.Norwalk summer program offers alternative for students to finish high school.Greenwich businessman, youth football coach killed by train.I finally got a lululemon Everywhere Belt Bag.Police: Man, 36, wounded in Norwalk shooting.
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