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Talk about your bad luck...

submitted by Centaurus to Mildlyinteresting 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 20:58:39 ago (+2/-1)     (Mildlyinteresting)

According to official records, five people died while constructing the Empire State Building. One was struck by a truck, another fell down an elevator shaft, a third was killed by explosives, a fourth struck by a hoist and the fifth fell from scaffolding.


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[ - ] Monica 0 points 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 23:44:38 ago (+0/-0)

How many of them were women?

[ - ] GoldenAgeWhen 0 points 2.5 yearsNov 14, 2022 06:24:29 ago (+0/-0)

Black men built this country

[ - ] Breeder 1 point 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 23:16:03 ago (+1/-0)

That doesn't seem like that many considering the danger involved with the work.

[ - ] Centaurus [op] 1 point 2.5 yearsNov 14, 2022 04:45:42 ago (+1/-0)

That was my first thought, too,

[ - ] PeckerwoodPerry 1 point 2.5 yearsNov 13, 2022 21:44:59 ago (+1/-0)

If I could pick it'd be explosives, so long as it was instant. Those other four had time to contemplate, if only a few seconds.

[ - ] i_scream_trucks 1 point 2.5 yearsNov 14, 2022 02:35:51 ago (+1/-0)

am scaffolder

not like contemplation.

did laff when my boss told me one of my workmates is like watching bambi on ice up at heights.

but then again i just get an image in my head of a meth addled deer...