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    :: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 ::

    Contractor at fatal fall site had been fined - By JORGE FITZ-GIBBON, The Journal News.com, NY
    The construction company whose worker fell to his death at a Yonkers high-rise was cited twice in the past for federal safety violations, including failure to provide adequate fall protection, inspection records show.
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    Masonry worker falls 12 stories to his death - By WILL DAVID, The Journal News.com, NY
    The brothers said the bricks fell first and then the worker dropped, head first, from the scaffold.

    'I saw him flying,' said a stunned Peter Garcia, 58, of McLean Avenue. 'It's like it's not real. He didn't scream or nothing.'
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