NEW DELHI: The bodies of two construction workers is yet to be found even after a month has passed since six members of a roadwork crew drowned to death after a container ship lost power and crashed into Baltimore bridge.
Miguel Luna, Jose Mynor were Latino immigrants who came to the United States from Mexico.
In an effort to honor their lives and their work, Baltimore County’s close-knit Latino community has constructed an memorial near the south end of the bridge.It includes decorated wooden crosses, a painted canvas backdrop, bunches of flowers, candles and a giant modified American flag with six stars one for each of the men.
“It is one month, and there’s still two bodies under the water,” said Fernando Sajche, who knew Luna.
“We really need some answers,” he added.
Sajche, who immigrated from Guatemala 16 years ago and works in construction himself, said it shouldn’t be lost on anyone that the victims died on the job.
“They’re the people who do the hard work in this country,” Sajche said.
Marcoin Mendoza, who worked with Luna several years ago as a welder, said Luna came to the United States to follow the ‘American dream’ and build a better life for himself and his family like any other immigrant.
“Same dream as everybody else,” Mendoza said. “To work hard.”
Friends and family of Luna have also left written messages in English and Spanish in his memorial.
“Here is where everything ends, all your aspirations and all your work. Now rest until the day when the trumpets sound,” someone had written in Spanish. “You will live on in the hearts of your loving family.”
The men were filling potholes on the bridge in the early hours of March 26 when the Francis Scott Key Bridge, an integral part of the city’s infrastructure, was struck by a container ship. Six workers who were missing after the accident were presumed dead by the rescue authorities.
Miguel Luna, Jose Mynor were Latino immigrants who came to the United States from Mexico.
In an effort to honor their lives and their work, Baltimore County’s close-knit Latino community has constructed an memorial near the south end of the bridge.It includes decorated wooden crosses, a painted canvas backdrop, bunches of flowers, candles and a giant modified American flag with six stars one for each of the men.
“It is one month, and there’s still two bodies under the water,” said Fernando Sajche, who knew Luna.
“We really need some answers,” he added.
Sajche, who immigrated from Guatemala 16 years ago and works in construction himself, said it shouldn’t be lost on anyone that the victims died on the job.
“They’re the people who do the hard work in this country,” Sajche said.
Marcoin Mendoza, who worked with Luna several years ago as a welder, said Luna came to the United States to follow the ‘American dream’ and build a better life for himself and his family like any other immigrant.
“Same dream as everybody else,” Mendoza said. “To work hard.”
Friends and family of Luna have also left written messages in English and Spanish in his memorial.
“Here is where everything ends, all your aspirations and all your work. Now rest until the day when the trumpets sound,” someone had written in Spanish. “You will live on in the hearts of your loving family.”
The men were filling potholes on the bridge in the early hours of March 26 when the Francis Scott Key Bridge, an integral part of the city’s infrastructure, was struck by a container ship. Six workers who were missing after the accident were presumed dead by the rescue authorities.