Three Buried in Concrete Menes Daniel, Torivio Acevedo and Endy Guirand were killed when a concrete form collapsed. The framework, used to shape wet concrete, burst and dropped the men through a high-rise roof to the floor below. It also covered them three feet (one meter) deep in quick-drying concrete. Firefighters were forced to use axes and hammers to try to rescue the men. A fourth worker, Connelio Ruiz, was hospitalized but he recovered. The men had been working for a contractor at a Florida luxury condominium called One Bal Harbor. At least two of the dead workers had been wearing safety harnesses, […]
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