NPM : 16210600
KELAS : 4EA16
The
Cowboy in the Sky
Michael Doyle is an ironworker in New York City.
He’s one of 100 or so ironworker currently erecting the steel frame of the new
40-storey building in time square. These ironworkers are known as ‘cowboys in
the sky’.
Ironwork is a trade that is still handed down from
father to son. Many of today’s ironworkers are descendants of the man who built
New York’s first skyscrapers. My great-grandfather came over from Ireland in
1930 to work on the construction of the Empire State Building. My father and
grandfather were also ironworkers.
To me, ironworkers are the kings of construction. We
make the skeleton that the other workers build that.‘ Also, we work hard, we
play hard. We get on well together. We ironworkers depend on each other for our
lives. Oh, and the pay is good!
You never stop in this job. Eight hours a day, from seven
in the morning until three in the afternoon. You’re moving all the time. The
crane lifts the iron girders and you have to move them into place. There’s
always danger. It’s fact of life for us.
Tidak ada komentar:
Posting Komentar