My condolences to the families of the deceased. May he rest in peace. Chi Jaama Joe >From: kebba trawally <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: SV: Scaffold of death >Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 11:41:45 +0200 > >May his soul rest in peace. > kebba > >-----Ursprungligt meddelande----- >Fran: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list >[mailto:[log in to unmask]]För Jean lamin Marenah >Skickat: den 3 juni 2005 04:43 >Till: [log in to unmask] >Ämne: Scaffold of death > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jean lamin Marenah [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 10:41 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Scaffold of death > >May his soul rest in peace….Culled from NY Daily News > > >Scaffold of death >May his soul rest in peace…Culled from NY Daily News > > >Sudden collapse plunges worker four floors > >BY KERRY BURKE and CARRIE MELAGO >DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS > > > > > > > >A construction worker plunged four stories to his death yesterday when >the platform he was standing on collapsed outside a Brooklyn building, >officials and witnesses said. >Muhamed Jabby, 32, fell face first onto concrete when the platform's >pulley unhooked as he finished washing the windows of a Bushwick >apartment building at 3:15 p.m., police said. >Jabby's co-worker, Mahamadou Dukureh, managed to grab a rope and pull >himself onto the roof of the four-story building. >"He fell down, face down. He said nothing. He didn't scream," said >Dukureh, 28, who had worked with Jabby, a West African immigrant, for >about a year. "It's terrible, just terrible." >Jabby moved to the U.S. from Gambia about six years ago, said his >heartbroken brother, Abdoulie Tunkara, 30. >"He was a very hardworking, good man. He was all about his family and he >prayed regularly," Tunkara said. >Only three months ago, Jabby returned briefly to his native country to >get married. His relatives were trying to reach his wife in Gambia last >night. >"It's very sad for us. He's not like an employee. He's like my brother," >said Alex Matla, a supervisor at the site for Matla General >Construction. >Dukureh said he doesn't understand how Jabby fell because both of them >had been wearing safety belts as they painted, fixed bricks and washed >windows on the building facade. >A city Buildings Department spokeswoman said the work being done did not >require a permit. The federal Occupational Safety and Health >Administration was investigating. > >Originally published on June 2, 2005 > > >-- >Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 4/16/2005 > > >-- >Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.13 - Release Date: 4/16/2005 > > >¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=mbia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] >¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > >__________ NOD32 1.1123 (20050602) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 Antivirus System. >http://www.nod32.com > >¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > >To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: >http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] >¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤