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““It was like I’d stepped into hell,” Larry Willett says.”
“No one had a clearer view of this tragedy than the ironworkers.”
““It was something you could look up at and say, `We did that,’” says Goodleaf.”
“But each time he lifts a beam or a scrap of iron, he is greeted by fresh horror: a scalp, a mess of entrails, a hand.”
“For a tradesman, pay is excellent — thirty-four dollars an hour for union workers, plus generous benefits.”
“It is less gruesome, less urgent, more orderly — cutting beams, calling for cranes to lift them onto trucks, cutting again, lifting, cutting, lifting.”
“Much of the perimeter debris has been hauled out — they are now working in the vast tangled heart of the wreckage of the South Tower.”
“At the time of the attack, they were hanging off buildings and bridges all over the city.”
“And the weirdness of the blue, blue sky above, while hundreds of men crawl around like ants on the rubble.”
“Most of the guys he works with, however, are orthopedic nightmares.”
“Sometimes, Willett and others pull out a beam and open a big hole, and a fireman lowers himself down inside.”
“But never in his wildest nightmares did he imagine that the Twin Towers would fall.”
“The following day, work on the job is canceled because of rain (water makes iron beams slippery as ice).”
“Willett and Goodleaf are determined to go back to the World Trade Center, but they hear from the union hall that they should stay home.”
“Willett is one of the lucky ones — in his fifteen years as an ironworker, his worst scare happened a few years ago when a massive iron beam rolled over on his leg, pinning him but not breaking any bones.”
“O’Kane is a 1930s-style union boss: gold bracelet, gray pinstriped suit, loud and colorful.”
“Account Welcome Manage Account Manage Print Account Sign Out Log In Remembering 9/11 The Ironworkers of 9/11 In the days after the attacks, Jeff Goodell spent time with the men dismantling the remains of the Twin Towers By Jeff Goodell Jeff Goodell This Scientist Wants Us to Combat the Climate Crisis by Thinking Like a Woman Why Los Angeles Burned Jimmy Carter: America’s Greatest Environmental President View all posts by Jeff Goodell Photograph by MARK SELIGER September 11, 2026 New York City ironworkers Larry Willett (left) and George Goodleaf The following article appeared in the Oct.”
““We all imagined they would be standing forever.” When the towers fell, ironworkers felt a special sense of urgency and despair.”
“He tries talking to his wife, Jennifer, and playing with his two kids, Barrett, 2, and Emily, 4, but he can only manage it for a few minutes before he returns to the TV.”
“Willett crashes at a hotel, sleeps for two hours, then drives out to the job site in Queens — his boss wants him back at work.”
“The next morning — Saturday, four days after the collapse — Willett wakes at 5 a.m.”
“Many rescuers are just sitting around waiting, looking burned out.”