Mass pays tribute to construction workers who 'did not die in vain' - By Michael Daly, New York Daily News
Just before 2 p.m. Monday, the hands that built New York began filling St. Patrick's Cathedral for a Mass in memory of the 26 construction workers who died in this city in the past 12 months.
At the head of the procession were the union banners for the ironworkers and the cement workers and the electricians and the carpenters and the steam fitters and all the other building trades that comprise what the presiding priest likes to call "the blue-collar symphony."