Rocco Parascandola
New York Daily News (TNS)
Two workers were killed in a construction collapse at Kennedy Airport Monday, authorities said.
The victims were trapped under construction rubble about 11:05 a.m. at Building 49, the Calpine JFK Energy Center, which supplies electricity to the airport. Both workers died at the scene, Port Authority officials said.
All work at the site was put on hold in the wake of the mishap.
The FDNY, which sent firefighters and medics to the scene, said the workers were pulled from a trench.
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, whose district includes the airport, said she would reach out to support the families of the dead workers. The Dem also sounded a warning that work at JFK has become too dangerous.
“Construction worker deaths have reached a recent five-year high, and this incident marks the third workplace fatality to occur at JFK Airport in the past month alone,” Adams said in a statement.
Gov. Hochul tweeted her condolences to the workers’ families for the deaths.
“My thoughts are with the loved ones of two people tragically killed while working on a construction site at @JFKairport,” she said.
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