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There is no greater tragedy than for a child to be diagnosed with a life-threatening disease in the dawn of their lives, when they have the whole world before them. And yet thousands of families are forced to live this nightmare every year, with no easy answers.That...
What should have been a happy occasion has now been irrevocably marred with tragedy. On Saturday October 6, 2018, a group of 17 were en route to a 30th birthday celebration at a Cooperstown brewery when a tragic collision in Schoharie took the lives of the entire...
Thomas W. Cipolla tragically lost his life on Monday, October 1st, 2018 after the tractor trailer driving in front of him hit the median guardrail and overturned, leaving Cipolla with no time to react and causing a fiery crash which ultimately claimed his...
A construction worker was injured in a fall and hit his head at a construction site in SoHo at around 2:30 p.m. on Friday, September 28th.The worker fell from the fourth floor to the third causing him to hit his head, according to the New York Daily News. "The medic...
Fred Nivrose of Ditmas Park, Brooklyn tragically lost his life after his car was struck by a tractor trailer on the Major Deegan Expressway on Monday, September 10, 2018. Nivrose, 46, was driving his car northbound in rainy conditions when he lost control of his...
Tragedy struck Wednesday, September 12th when a retaining wall above a trench at a construction site collapsed, leaving one worker trapped under the debris. Despite extensive rescue efforts, the search had to be postponed due to rain before they were able to locate...
By December 1st of 2018, New York City construction workers and supervisors will be required to have logged an additional 40 and 62 hours of safety training respectively to comply with the recently passed bill known as Local Law 196. Employers need to provide this...
A Brooklyn pedestrian tragically passed away after she was hit by an MTA bus in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. At approximately 8pm on Wednesday, September 5, 2018, Yu Qing Chen was crossing the street within a marked crosswalk when a B6 bus traveling west on Stillwell Avenue...
Tragedy occurred at a Staten Island construction site last Friday, August 10, 2018.50-year-old Carlos Gabrielli from Linden, New Jersey and other crew members were working to install sewers at a construction site in Westerleigh, Staten Island.At around 11:26am,...
