American Indian WTC Construction Workers Remember 9/11

From ICT.

LO RES Fea Photo Towers 03 158 BRAD Bonaparte ANDY by ©Jeff Foxx nyc 270x397 Anniversary of 9/11 Felt by Indian Construction Workers

It’s more than a job—it’s a cultural heritage going back 100 years.

MORE LABOR DAY NEWS: NYTs Profile of WTC Ironworkers (Including Mohawks and Other Indians)

Here. And here is a photo slideshow.

An exceprt:

Even among the elite class of ironworkers that specializes in raising high steel, the 40 or so men who perform the most dangerous work at 1 World Trade are a kind of special forces. There are veterans like Turhan Clause, a 46-year-old bolter-upper and an Algonquin Indian whose father and grandfather were also in the trade.