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Baltimore Bridge Disaster Workers Seen as Reminder of Immigrants’ Role
- Post AuthorBy Henry Wolff
- Post DateThu Mar 28 2024
The deaths of construction workers in the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key bridge underscores the key role of immigrants in the U.S. labor force {snip}
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Driving the news: The bodies of Dorlian Castillo Cabrera, 26, who was originally from Guatemala, and Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, who was from Mexico, were recovered Wednesday.
- Two people were rescued earlier. Four workers — all from Central America and Mexico — remain missing and are presumed dead.
What to know: The workers were fixing potholes on Interstate 695, which includes the bridge crossing, and were unable to evacuate in time before the structure was struck by a cargo ship and collapsed.
- Two of the victimswho have not been found are 49-year-old Miguel Luna of El Salvador and Maynor Suazo, 38, originally from western Honduras.
- Among the two rescued people was another worker, name undisclosed, of Mexican descent {snip}
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- Post TagsImmigrants