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:: Saturday, November 29, 2003 ::

Voice of the People By KATHLEEN PACULA, letter to editor
As the proud wife of a union ironworker with Local 350, I was horrified by the comments made by Joseph Milano in the Nov. 2 story, "Collapse at Tropicana/Home's where the clothes are, not the family."

Milano, who had been forced out of his house because of the collapse at the Trop, complained about having to wear dirty clothes and said, "Work at the World Trade Center was 24 hours a day. But these guys have to have their weekends off."

Let me enlighten you, sir.

Have you ever had to wait for more than an hour to see if a family member was alive? We did. Have you ever had to wait to see if a union member could be found? I think not, or your insensitive remarks would have never been spoken.

You see, Mr. Milano, while you were complaining about your clothes, there were people with far more tragic things going on in their lives. We have children without fathers, wives without husbands and parents without sons. We have men dealing with the stress of what they saw and others who are still hospitalized.

Instead of whining about your dirty clothes, why don't you donate your time or money to the Salvation Army, the Red Cross (which was outstanding) or the victims' fund?

As for the police, firefighters and all the other workers, they put in ungodly hours and did not take the weekend off. My husband and his union brothers worked 30 hours straight through Friday. They were back again on Saturday and Sunday with three shifts going on.

I can only conclude that Milano must have very little regard for human life, as do the store owners who complained about losing money.

KATHLEEN PACULA

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