Ironworkers from Newfoundland : Walking Iron (1986) - The Fifth Estate

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Hana Gartner interviews high steel workers in New York City who have roots in Newfoundland. Gartner follows workers as they work on the third World Trade Centre tower and speaks with retired ironworkers who were some of the first to make the move from Newfoundland to the Big Apple.
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@MrSmartass89 5 лет назад

Mega respect for these guys. Hard work is in their blood.

@nitrojunkie9027 6 лет назад

Drinking a 160z Bud on lunch break on the iron. Those were the good old days. To all my union brothers, stay safe out there.

@nicklutes420 6 лет назад

i thought thatwas cool you wouldnt see that nowadays ...

@captaindovestone3894 6 лет назад

Amen to that brother

@bobsmith-ru7xp 6 лет назад

Yeah, I usually drink 25 oz buds at lunch.

@edgarmarquez6178 6 лет назад

I want to be an ironworker but i have no family in it. Can i still be an ironworker?

@davejackowski2112 6 лет назад

Edgar Marquez yes

@justinhopper5941 4 года назад

I don’t think you could find a more manly job then an ironworker. These guys have balls of steel.

@larrymoremckenzie3029 3 года назад

A lot different these days,safety has changed a lot!

@TheBigblackbutt 2 года назад

Balls of iron

@justinhunt4767 2 года назад

I agree

@typicalrockhound9887 2 года назад

A miner . Where the iron begins 👍

@closethedoornow7538 2 года назад

Try “Steeplejack”

@theflip650 4 года назад

I started ironworking in the early 84 at 20 years old and did it until I was 48 .. I’m beat up, I fell 29 feet and loved it until I was about 35 .. lol ✌️

@redlinerracer7178 6 лет назад

Slammin beers and smokin joints fer lunch then back up on the Iron.... Man.... CRAZY DAYS!!!!! LONG LIVE THE IRONWORKERS!!!!!

@maxoneill5208 5 лет назад

We still do that but its frowned upon 😂

@Brigidz 5 лет назад

Yeah but they don't live very long do they. They fall off the damned structure

@maxoneill5208 5 лет назад

@@Brigidz most got squashed. Na honestly you cant fall. When you flying high.

@dustbinbroom 5 лет назад

It's not the fall just the stop...

@Research0digo 4 года назад

and Carpenters! Local 2078!

@vanzarockin 2 года назад

Newfoundlanders were there for us when the WTC went up, and when it came down. Brave, big-hearted and generous people.

@cahg3871 Год назад

The very best people there is period.

@swingbag12 9 месяцев назад

100% I always said if you can’t get along with a Newfie there’s something wrong with you

@bobivanski5635 6 лет назад

I’ve been a farmer all my life. Hard work. I’d be proud to by these hardworking guys a beer.

@krabby4456 5 лет назад

Buy*

@kyledrywallpuncherpro135 4 года назад

So you stand near or close to their beer? Youd be "by" it??

@gregleonard1562 4 года назад

@@kyledrywallpuncherpro135 By beer I withstand fear - of heights.

@guytitanic 2 года назад

B'y

@benjaminfernandez104 Год назад

Look like working in the farm never taught you no grammar

@jakeshaw6827 4 года назад

$40,000 a year in 1986 is the equivalent of $94,000 in 2020. Those dudes were making a killing, but they were also risking there life making that sweet money everyday they punched yhere time card.

@tuladog77 4 года назад

true but 90k per year living on long island ain't that much

@jadezee6316 4 года назад

YOU must really come from a low life family if you think 40k is making a killing.....and is sweet money......

@PBosco 4 года назад

@@jadezee6316 Bet you wouldn't last a day up there. You're the low-life.

@leafsfan1539 4 года назад

And Jade how much you make pumping gas and trolling RU-vid

@johnlowdon5809 4 года назад

@@jadezee6316 Low life family ? You really are just a pig ignorant idiot !

@ParadiiseFarms Год назад

My grandpa was an ironworker for 21 years and never knew it was like this... Absolutely insane. Brings a new found respect for the man.

@gulag8735 Год назад

The Irish lilt coming through in their accent is unreal 🇮🇪

@metheone4 5 лет назад

16:55 Those men were heros.And 15 years later "Grandpas building" was destroyed and many lost their lives. I still remember that sad moment and where i was,when it happened. My sincere condolences and comfort to all who lost someone at 9/11 2001. R.I.P

@dougdevine8555 Год назад

Makes you sick to you’re stomach when we found out the towers was an INSIDE JOB! The Bush family are pieces of 💩

@roymoxley2037 9 месяцев назад

People don't realize how hard or dangerous this type of work is much respect to these guys when your on even a16 story building it's nerve racking

@blazer6248 5 лет назад

My grandfather was an iron worker all his life. Miss him dearly. 😔

@laburnibyboone3435 4 года назад

real men

@KOV12X12 4 года назад

As a NYC construction worker I greatly appreciate this video, thank you!

@greasymuchacho Год назад

As a watermelon farmer who owns a pet snake I agree!

@RR-gp3qy 9 месяцев назад

Greasy, thank you for your service .

@churnetvalleyrunner3635 Год назад

That’s insane. I’ll never complain about my job ever again. Real hard working men.

@richiehops7881 4 года назад

Different breed of human right here! Im a scaffolder by trade (it scares the life out of me) and even I take my hat off to these guys. You gotta have some HUGE balls for this, good balance, crazy work ethic and a good sense of humour!

@CHICANOBULLET2413 Год назад

I WENT FROM SCAFFOLD AND HYDROMOBILE ERECTOR TO IRONWORKER.I THOUGHT THE SAME THING YOU DO AND JUMPED RIGHT INTO IT.WISH I WOULD OF DONE IT WAY SOONER

@ricoval223 Год назад

It’s pretty hard to go up there with HUGE balls.

@bigmikestan Год назад

Yea mostly white

@iron40man97 4 года назад

I am a local 40 retired ironworker who worked on wtc7 with those great men when I retired I was making more than 2ook a year 🥰

@zack2698 2 года назад

U deserved more!!!

@tttarms1970 Год назад

and to think, it was all wiped out on 9-11....sad....

@conzmoleman Год назад

I know YOU know that mere fires didn’t bring your tower down. Someone rigged it to blow.

@skull.kid.416 Год назад

@@conzmoleman controlled underground nukes

@conzmoleman Год назад

i think there is far more support for the use of thermite. but i remain agnostic and open to other possibilities. the most important thing is that qualified engineers have proven the NIST explanation is impossible and their investigation was fraudulent. we need a new independent and international commission to seek truth and obtain justice.

@daz6704 5 лет назад

The days when you could drink a beer and holla at a pretty lady, now it’s called addiction and sexual harassment. The good ole days are truly missed!

@jefflewis4 5 лет назад

daz6704: TBH it didn't look like the ladies walking by liked the hollering, they seemed to just put up with it as an annoyance. Though yeah today they'd be screaming sexual harassment.

@henerymag 5 лет назад

@@jefflewis4 Yeah but deep down I'll bet they got some satisfaction out of it, knowing the men thought them worthy of it.

@JustJanitor 5 лет назад

@@henerymag no actually talk to a women about that they don't like it

@bio-plasmictoad5311 5 лет назад

@@JustJanitor yes they find it embarrassing, but women like to know men like them, normal one's anyway haha.

@superapple4ever 5 лет назад

Well said!

@brianschlosser6009 5 лет назад

You don't know how proud you feel to say I helped build that bridge or building . It's a hard job for hard men. You got to be a special kind of person to spend your day's doing this kind of work. It's a proud trade .

@Missditabomb 3 года назад

Not to forget the Fitzgeralds of Conception Bay, Newfoundland. My husband's grandfather was one of the men who put the American flag atop the Empire State Building upon its completion.

@kingdoc3262 3 года назад

Wow! Thanks for sharing that. I went to the top a few times of Empire State Building. Very breezy 🙂

@kingdoc3262 3 года назад

Had a Special welcome to the East Coast and to me Brunch for my then wife at the World Trade Center in 1989

@Missditabomb 3 года назад

@@kingdoc3262 Yup, went to New York City in 2018 and visited the Empire State Building. It felt so wonderful being in a building that my husband's grandfather helped to build almost a century ago. AMAZING. And WHAT A BUILDING IT IS. It is so beautiful, with marble and brass, and just unbelievable structure and design. Ya, I was in AWE. Loved it!!

@robertesposito9871 4 года назад

A rare breed for sure, god bless them and keep them safe, (local 11 ironworkers)

@bigmikestan Год назад

Yea rare breed all white guys

@WillyD1 4 года назад

Ray Corbett’s a hero for those catch nets being put into place not only saves workers saves people on the ground from falling debris well mostly

@aaronsmith5433 Год назад

"Ooooh, we are lucky, darn near lost a 400 dollar hand cart!" - B L A Z Z I N G S A D D L E S

@getrdunok 5 лет назад

All these guys Are what 60 to 70 years old now,,just hard to believe time goes so fast ,,it be neat to see what all the guys look like today if still alive..

@Veggamattic 5 лет назад

Who cares?

@getrdunok 5 лет назад

@@Veggamattic you do apparently!!

@Veggamattic 5 лет назад

@@getrdunok That went over your head I see.

@getrdunok 5 лет назад

@@Veggamattic my name got ya ,,yep it did so go over my head LMAO good one !! Happy new years bud ,taker easy

@getrdunok 5 лет назад

@martin joseph lol

@TheDesertkat 3 года назад

Grandpa came from Conception Harbor in the twenties; he and my father and 2 uncles and some cousins worked on almost every important building in NYC til about the early 2000's I have a piece of steel cut into shape of WTC from the site that dad's local 40 brothers brought to his funeral in 2003- RIP and love. Some hard drinking Irish cowboys with some great stories.

@bigjay6743 4 года назад

A bunch of good old Canadian boys. From Newfoundland to New York what a different world. I'm a roofer but I don't know if I could work up that high. But I'm sure you get used to it just like everything else. You wouldn't have much choice if you wanted to keep your family fed. In the video when that guy said after a night out and you take that first step I know exactly what he's talking about. After a night of drinking it like the ground bounces back at you but it does wear off and the day goes on.

@juniorboyd6974 4 года назад

Loved doing ironwork. It was by far the hardest , most rewarding job I’ve ever had. I never worried about falling . It’s the other people who get you hurt. My boss nearly got me killed and got me hurt very bad. We were standing a four story concrete panel. We went to lunch and returned. He had the 3rd story kicker brace put up before getting the panel level. The 3rd story panel brace fell and hit me on my right side of the head , smashed my hand and shoulder. I came back to and was on one knee. After ten minutes I thought I was ready to go back to work. Not knowing I needed 25 stitches on my face. Ended up having 3 major surgeries. Despite all that I’m still working although I’m getting close to not being able to do it anymore.

@cs2710 Год назад

Respect

@beneire6955 Год назад

Respect from Ireland 🇮🇪

@jrh2883 Год назад

Im sorry to hear that. Out of curiosity, what comes next in life if being able to work goes south?

@dac8939 Год назад

@@jrh2883 that is why you need to invest

@GorGob Год назад

Some dudes never learn.

@wolfie316781 Год назад

I’m a construction manager and have mad respect for iron workers, all workers really.

@georgecamero7888 4 года назад

What a great video. Family, hard work, dedication, history and Pride. It’s hard to find people with all these qualities now a days. Those men who worked on all those buildings had nerves of steel. They showed up for work knowing it might be there last but worked hard anyways to provide for their loved ones. Sure they drank beer on there break time but they knew their limits and I’m sure it steadied their hands a time or two. I tip my hats to the families that left where they where from to go work and provided for what mattered most FAMILY. It’s sad that the trades centres are not there today to show people that what family members had accomplished.

@thomascoady3782 3 года назад

Sure they had a drink or two before they went up on those girders. Would any of us do it without a drink or two/three?

@VishnuZutaten 6 месяцев назад

Man, I WOULD DRINK after THAT work...no questions about it!

@timklein8413 Год назад

40 plus years as an operating engineer, local 49, my favorite job was hoisting iron. Nothing more satisfying than getting on with a good raising gang. If you had good connectors, things went like clockwork. We knew what we were doing by instinct as much as anything. Always a great sense of accomplishment at the end of a shift.

@C18H19NaO5S 11 месяцев назад

Huge respect to crane ops. I am a entertainment rigger/steel climber for stadium shows and working with a great crane op is an amazing experience.

@FCule 3 года назад

Massive respect to these guys.

@russellmartinkenny5796 6 лет назад

Love old documentaries.

@chrisdooley6468 7 лет назад

Weird watching this and knowing fifteen years later these towers came down like they did. Fascinating doc though

@romant142 6 лет назад

Chris Dooley yeah all that work wasted . Not to mention the lives😟

@itzsukhv2 4 года назад

Roman T some good insurance money it came down for

@SeaJay_Oceans 4 года назад

It would make an interesting interview of men that worked on building it - their views on it coming down and the new one that replaced it.

@chris681975 4 года назад

This is building 3 the one they said they never done a controlled demo on but it sure looked like it

@richiehops7881 4 года назад

The American Government are fuckers aren't they huh!?

@danmidkiff5416 4 года назад

Forgive my play on words.... Men of steel! My hat's off to these men!

@Mr.DerekReese Год назад

Dare you say, hat's off to these SUPERMEN 🦸🏼‍♂️

@theone6039 4 года назад

Unsung heroes.... never forgotten from what they left behind.

@maccheese3184 4 года назад

My anxiety when it comes to Heights, is kicking in a little bit while watching this LOL

@jasonemily7377 Год назад

I’m a union insulator and have been for 22 years. I honestly don’t care union or non union, much respect to those who helped build this great country before me and after me.

@cahg3871 Год назад

My father in-law was an iron worker,hardest working man I ever met.Had a six pack yet never did a sit up in his life,just a hard working man.Wayne Gregor was a beast of a worker,but a saint of a man.

@wilhelmvg9978 Год назад

Thank you for sharing with us, people like your father-in-law are rare these days!

@victor-emmanuel7485 5 лет назад

I love stuff like this! Thanks for uploading 👍

@trevorwilson5461 5 лет назад

Canadian East Coast Boy Proud member of the Boilermakers 146 Alberta !!

@superblanch15 4 года назад

I've never met 1 bad Newfoundlander salt of the earth great people,genuine honest hardworking people who love a laugh

@professorkaos2781 2 года назад

ya true just never lend them money. I swear its in the newfie code to borrow when needed with no intent to ever pay back.

@arseface2k934 Год назад

@@professorkaos2781 I'm from newfoundland and I let people borrow money all the time, rarely get it back. I honestly think the understanding is "borrow" means donating.

@tarotbyamber7233 Год назад

@@arseface2k934 newfoundland looks nice, have been to America before?

@edpardy461 4 года назад

I worked as an Ironworker in Bull Arm , Newfoundland . Great guys to work with . Local 764 . 👍

@victorcorona4101 Год назад

Mad respect for these men !!! Hardwork is always appreciated

@leehunt1404 4 года назад

Fascinating watching buildings in New York being built in the 80’s by these Iron Workers (or steel erectors as they are known in the UK)... beer at lunch time and a few after work... fantastic film. One day I’ll get back to the big apple, love the place and 16yrs have flown by since I was last there.

@gameninja602 5 лет назад

Great video, this was exciting to watch. I'm a union pipe fitter from nova scotia, a little province next to Newfoundland. i work along ironworkers and with newfies. id love to go back and work in this time. - UA 56 Halifax, Nova Scotia

@Underrated709 2 года назад

3 years later how are ya not much difference between us and Nova Scotia

@makim-k5850 2 года назад

As an Ironworker now this is a great video. Kind of bittersweet though because there's tons of stuff on here that would NEVER fly today.

@dachicagoan8185 Год назад

No more beer, no more cat calling, integration, bi monthly sensitivity training, and more levels of beaucracy. I doubt any of them would want to stick around.

@videogamenoob100 6 месяцев назад

@@dachicagoan8185I'm pretty sure beer cause most of the accidents up there, so maybe that's a good idea that beer is not part of it anymore

@user-be1zj7qe6x 6 месяцев назад

@@videogamenoob100I imagine the wind up there had to be very strong gusts also

@simonyip5978 Год назад

My grandad spent most of his working life at sea, on the big cargo ships, and he visited the US and Canada, Australia, Asia etc and he visited ports like Jersey City opposite Manhatten on many occasions from the 1940's to the early 1970's, he once described how the sunlight would glisten off the thousands of windows in the skyscrapers of Manhatten, and this video reminds me of some of the great stories he told me growing up. Funnily enough, the only job he had that wasn't on a ship, was as a steel erector (the British term for iron worker).

@watchaone4400 5 лет назад

Watching in Dublin ireland 2018 great vid

@ogarnogin5160 5 лет назад

The UK has Fred Dibnah

@1989Chrisc 5 лет назад

@@ogarnogin5160 Ireland used to be a nation of fred dibnahs. I loved his tv series.

@JWB86 4 года назад

Watching near Cardiff, South Wales in 2020 lol

@ewanfarrell4026 4 года назад

Kildare 2020

@jeff8839 Год назад

I'm proud to be an ironworker.

@izzywashington5465 Год назад

Use ironworking as a stepping stone while you still can move on up into another trade

@richardnunez3474 5 лет назад

Excellent reporting by the 5th in 1986. Very cool

@seancarroll3292 4 года назад

OH MY GOD MY DADS IN THIS VIDEO THIS IS CRAZY

@putolips6623 4 года назад

U lived in his ballsack at 1 time

@jamesokeeffe3216 3 года назад

Is he still alive

@danielmitchell6738 3 года назад

Hats off to your Dad.

@saraallison9469 6 лет назад

Newfoundlanders are some of the best people l’ve ever met

@Ken_Dalton 5 лет назад

Sara Allison that's coz they are all probably of Irish decent 😉 nice to hear u say that tho 👍

@splash5974 5 лет назад

@@Ken_Dalton Costello doesnt sound Irish to me... Lol

@Ken_Dalton 5 лет назад

splash it don't sound Irish. But its pretty common here.. It's prob Saxon name,like mine!! But I'm Irish

@splash5974 5 лет назад

@@Ken_Dalton Costello is pretty common in Italy aswell.

@Ken_Dalton 5 лет назад

splash haha really? 🤔 crazy. Maybe they are of Irish decent lol. Kidding.. I never knew it was a common Italian name tho, so that's good to know. Appreciated 👌

@MrJoe-yw5ex 5 лет назад

That's the way we did it. I truly miss those days.

@nickswagg5624 11 месяцев назад

I’ve said this on every other Ironworker video I’ve seen but I’ll say it again. YA’LL DON’T GET PAID ENOUGH. I’m a sheet metal worker and it blows my mind that I make more on my check as an apprentice than my buddy does as a journeyman ironworker. Much respect.

@TheAajsanchez Год назад

Great video. Always love my ironworkers, the crews are some of the best characters with great stories and jokes. Not to mention the work is such a fine art requiring athletic skill.

@djm9276 4 года назад

These men have a strong brotherhood !

@chrismccormack2064 Год назад

Interesting video every surname mentioned is Irish: Kelly, Doyle, Sullivan, Costello, Quinnlinn, Healy, Joy, Kennedy. And the old men have Irish character and accents too, their fishermen ancestors came to Newfoundland from Ireland

@user-qi1bu7fp1f 11 месяцев назад

The union especially back then would hire their own countries people irish would hire Irish Italians Hire Italian. Was like that even in the early 00s doubt it's like that still though.

@MikeLopez-iv5kc 6 месяцев назад

Some just came to New York

@fredyh357 Год назад

What a beautiful piece of history amazing nothing like a man working a man’s job! 💪

@OutThere5 9 месяцев назад

As a Newfoundlander, mad respect. My great uncle is one of the guys on the beam eating lunch in that famous 1932 picture from NY. Most of the guys in that picture are from Bonavista Bay, and the rest Americans.

@joeschmoe6516 4 года назад

Hurts a bit to see the guy near the end so happy that he got to help on the WTC towers.

@bevis1528 6 лет назад

Man 40k a year in 1986? I make 31k a year 2018.

@samblonde8608 5 лет назад

Learn a trade.

@erendyalatorre7785 5 лет назад

Learn a trade?

@frantura7482 5 лет назад

learn a trade ?¿

@iron-farmer 5 лет назад

Get a trades job

@phatnum17 5 лет назад

Nearly 90k in 2018...not even a comparison

@jjgreen5206 Год назад

I’m fascinated with these guys and this work

@derekstocker6661 3 года назад

Keep up the great work guys, and more of same for your viewers. I heard many years ago that a lot of what used to be called "spidermen" were native American or of decent from and worked in the 1900s onward. Love this, thank you.

@fixatroll5406 4 года назад

I am a retired crane operator and have worked the high steel plenty. Haven't met an Iron Worker from anywhere that can hold a candle to my Mohawks!! New Foundland or otherwise. Especially on the really heavy pieces. Never have ever heard of one falling. 40 years in the business. Never met a hungover one either.

@bigmikestan Год назад

You ever met a black one

@Vutra99 4 года назад

Drinking beer at the jobsite 6:33. Wow imagine that.

@maryyoung9627 Год назад

4 of My mom’s brothers were Iron workers in New York. One worked on the twin towers and another lost his life as a young man walking steel. So many of her family from NFLD were iron workers in Brooklyn area.

@bradmoloski2679 3 года назад

One if the best docs ive ever watched

@p.rossopperman4699 4 года назад

Those are my brothers I'm a Union Ironworker from local 378 Oakland. iron workers get up on it . We Rule when it comes to hanging iron ,nobody can build a skyscraper or s Bridge better or faster than we can in the world. There is no second best and there is no rival... we are the best in the world. ☆Union Ironworkers Dangerous by Choice☆

@ivanandruth3855 Год назад

378 during the 80’s here. My dad was 378 for 38 years.

@rubydawn1 6 лет назад

what a great documentary

@daz6704 5 лет назад

That guys house ( Jerry) was built for the middle class now they go for 6 7 8 hundred thousand. Terrible how the middle class was just forgotten. Now you got to be rich to by them houses

@14598175 5 лет назад

It's happening everywhere. Wages are not keeping pace with inflation. Things will rebalance after the 2nd Great Depression which we're heading towards with all the consumer debt. A lot of people won't survive it though. These older guys sound toughened because they are what was left after the 1st Great Depression. People who were not tough died of disease brought on or complicated by starvation or because they just gave up.

@jeffflanagan2814 5 лет назад

I was thinking the same thing!

@josephdockemeyer4807 5 лет назад

Maybe I'm paranoid, but it kinda seems as though this "squeezing out" of the middle class has been intentional. Now, more people are poor, than before, or on government assistance. The middle class has shrunk considerably. Also, the second biggest job market in the US is retail. The biggest is - I believe - medical. A bunch of ailing consumers... Sad...

@Mac_Jay-MGE 5 лет назад

Or be an Ironworker

@richiehops7881 4 года назад

Ridiculous isn't it! Same with London!

@Iwbenny Год назад

She did a great job interviewing them

@c_twisted91 6 лет назад

I worked for john Costello a couple years back, upper east side

@michaeltrobinson729 5 лет назад

@Mar Ton I worked for Johnny too. Ole guy went off the deep end. Goes by Johnette nowadays. Black boyfriend. Great iron worker though.

@c_twisted91 5 лет назад

Mar Ton he was good. Good pusher

@parkerparker1543 5 лет назад

Kindly help with the contacts emails of metal manufacturing exporting companies.. Much appreciated !

@RasPutintheGreat 4 года назад

@Harry Clams Italian

@samanthab1923 4 года назад

C Klan Elvis Costello's real name is Declan McManus. Regardless all the Costellos I know are Irish.

@AnnaLVajda 5 лет назад

Newfies are hard working and fearless types. Many are Irish.

@superstarshaker7402 5 лет назад

Most are Of English ancestry

@petesy03 5 лет назад

Channel Shirt and tie jobs???

@superstarshaker7402 5 лет назад

Petesy . No, Newfoundlanders

@DancingSk3L3tons Год назад

Such an awesome documentary! That was a total trip into the past on a subject I knew absolutely NOTHING about and to see how much went into putting up the towers truly hits you in the feels.

@alexscott730 4 года назад

The guy got his thumb pulled off tendon to the elbow and all😖🤯🥶🥵

@alejandropreciado1814 4 года назад

That must have stung.

@Bear-nu8xm 4 года назад

Awesome story about Newfoundland guys!

@loadapish 4 года назад

If i drink beer on my lunch i dont wanna go back to work

@patrickbecker2481 4 года назад

me too lol i wanna keep drinking

@RobzdaBlade 4 года назад

I can't believe I get to flex on this type of subject but... /flex, our crew did it all the time, Foreman would hide us all a sip of gin around the corner every few hours. Hahahaha but hey, it must be the newfoundlander blood.

@walterbrunswick 2 года назад

one time years ago me and a co-worker split a bottle of Żubrówka Bison Grass Vodka during lunch break he passed out in the truck, I continued working sheet metal ductwork on a ladder....... by God I do not know how I did it, but I remember doing a good job our third co-worker didn't drink and we got home safely that was a day....

@pab4435 5 лет назад

I love being an Iron Worker!

@bayside833 3 года назад

LOL me to Paul!!!!! 37 for life!!!

@pab4435 3 года назад

@@bayside833 Good to hear brother! 37 here as well, ironically lol

@bayside833 3 года назад

@@pab4435 LOL I know I’m in your local 😂 that’s why I said it

@DRCrimeCircle Год назад

i really needed this right now

@Seducers 2 года назад

Something about this documentary makes me feel so relaxed & warm.

@seanmcguire7974 5 лет назад

Drinking beer on lunch break nice

@granskare 4 года назад

A few years ago, my wife and I went to Atlantic Canada...via New Brunswick. We visited Halifax, and Prince Edward Island. We drove on the Confederation Bridge and returned by ferry...I was pleased to visit the airplane museum. I was amazed at the large size of the cockpit of the "stringbag". An amazing airplane that did so much in ww2.

@Countrybananas Год назад

What does this have to do with Newfoundland? 🤣

@troyjudge8466 Год назад

This should be part of todays educational system. Hard work 101. Considering no one wants to work anymore, this should be part of history curriculum.

@eddiefocht6009 3 года назад

You guys are a special breed god bless you

@FeedTheWormhole Год назад

The fact the company didnt want to install a safety net after 3 deaths is baffling

@captaindovestone3894 6 лет назад

I thoroughly enjoyed this documentary, Thanks for uploading , scaffolder in the UK, although I actually prefer the term scaffold builder as the Americans say.

@iron-farmer 5 лет назад

Ifs scaffolder in Alberta too

@thehungrynoodle2545 Год назад

Being from Newfoundland it blows my mind that this video has more views than people on the island

@johnanderson3475 4 года назад

When eminem wrote that line "palms are sweaty " he was watching one of these highrise videos.

@lewiemcneely9143 6 лет назад

God Bless 'Em!

@billbreen4387 Год назад

all the old lads still have their Irish accents.

@suzystone244 6 лет назад

An act of contrition goes along with walking high steel❤

@robertcostello8183 6 лет назад

My father was a union pile driver “454” he came here when he was 19 from Newfoundland. And passed away at 87 and still had his accent... never walked out the door in the morning without kneeling down and saying a prayer to keep him and his gang safe ... you are greatly missed pop

@MARTYMEINEKE53 Год назад

Rip my father ! Local 40 high steel union. My father fell and lost his career. But I still respect and love him. Rip Marty Kennedy.

@LiveYourBestLife33 5 лет назад

Iron workers have the biggest balls/guts!!...very dangerous job

@parkerparker1543 5 лет назад

Kindly help with contacts emails of exporting companies in newyork. Most appreciated

@seagullsg784 4 года назад

They sound so Irish, it’s pretty amazing

@gbasquille9101 3 года назад

The Costello's have County Mayo connections.

@hunterfudge2597 3 года назад

Most Newfoundlanders have Wexford and Waterford connections, followed by Cork. (When focusing on Ireland) the English side is mostly the West Country and Liverpool