Mohawk Ironworkers

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  • Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
  • This 13-Part documentary series examines the history and changing lives of the fearless Mohawk Ironworkers as they climb high steel all over the world.

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  • @ludgerleissner3122
    @ludgerleissner3122 Рік тому +197

    My father was an ironworker and the self confidence he had unfortunately wasn't passed on to me. I'm terrified of heights. I have a lot of respect for an individuals capable of doing this kind of work.

    • @l.f.m.c2271
      @l.f.m.c2271 Рік тому +2

      Well said .?x

    • @djamelboucheloukh7568
      @djamelboucheloukh7568 Рік тому +5

      Absolutely that's the hard work conditions firstbull the highlight of buildings and big risks to fall down from ....respect for all ironworkers

    • @strangeone7198
      @strangeone7198 Рік тому +5

      probably because confidence is something you find on your own, its not passed down.

    • @ludgerleissner3122
      @ludgerleissner3122 Рік тому +6

      @@strangeone7198 The fear of hights is a mutation in your DNA, the self confidence I was talking about pertains to working at heights not all forms of confidence.

    • @Noway-sg8md
      @Noway-sg8md Рік тому +10

      theres plenty of work that pays just as well down on the ground

  • @davidskeels1511
    @davidskeels1511 4 роки тому +319

    My dad was a colville tribal member. He worked out of local 86 in Seattle for 35 years. Didn't realize how hard n dangerous his work was . He gave his whole family a good life. I miss him.

    • @George-rl3qx
      @George-rl3qx 3 роки тому +30

      Sounds like an amazing man who no doubt sacrificed a lot for his family. The men back then were real men...not like today.

    • @figgeberglund4145
      @figgeberglund4145 3 роки тому +10

      Thank you for a short powerful story.

    • @brounwynsmith848
      @brounwynsmith848 3 роки тому +3

      Bless you.

    • @littlebearsullivan2312
      @littlebearsullivan2312 3 роки тому +5

      I'm an old oglala, it's fun on a native crew. Old ways still stand ( it's a compilation to see how the lead man) first couple of pieces of iron tell that how untied the crane leads

    • @johnyerkov1553
      @johnyerkov1553 3 роки тому +11

      You are a good son, And proud of his father.

  • @arthurwatts1680
    @arthurwatts1680 Рік тому +47

    Those famous shots of ironworkers on the Empire State still take my breath away. Driving massive rivets into those beams while the whole thing sways underneath you - throw in a NY winter and they are most welcome to their place in history.

  • @fraleb527
    @fraleb527 Рік тому +13

    i was a window cleaner for 30 years, retired few years ago. to work in those hights, do jobs what others can't do, i miss it so much. appreciate all of those iron workers

    • @marigold3208
      @marigold3208 Рік тому +3

      We appreciate you too. Thank you for all your hard work.

  • @PoppysGuitar
    @PoppysGuitar Рік тому +45

    These men are incredible. I grew up in upstate NY and knew a few of these men. They are famous in the construction industry. Just no fear of heights whatsoever and tough as nails.

    • @captaintrips2980
      @captaintrips2980 Рік тому

      Great people. I have been acquainted with many myself. I always go to "the rez" for tax free stuff like gas, reefer, tobacco and the casino.

  • @tomlewis4748
    @tomlewis4748 Рік тому +167

    They were first discovered in Quebec about 1880, by American builders, to have impeccable balance, no fear of heights, and also a history of longhouse construction, so they were tailor-made to become the Skywalkers, which is what high-iron workers were often referred to as. This bloodline was from an Iroquois tribe called Kahnawake, and is thought to be due to a genetic abnormality. There were 1000 of them at the peak of tall building construction on the New England coast, and there are about 200 still today in New York State. (I wrote a novel that featured them).

    • @wolvar6933
      @wolvar6933 Рік тому +9

      how many ironworkers named their sons Luke?

    • @jamesjameson4566
      @jamesjameson4566 Рік тому +13

      Please don't copy articles off the Internet and place them here like that are gospel truth

    • @tomlewis4748
      @tomlewis4748 Рік тому +15

      @@jamesjameson4566 Please don't tell other people what to do, like you KNOW the gospel truth.
      My post was based on very thorough extensive research to create a character for a novel. She has unique abilities, and her heritage explains this as credible. No 'articles were copied'. Go bother someone else. Your post has been reported.

    • @jamesjameson4566
      @jamesjameson4566 Рік тому +15

      @@tomlewis4748 reported 😮

    • @tomlewis4748
      @tomlewis4748 Рік тому +2

      @@jamesjameson4566 Both of them

  • @Padoinky
    @Padoinky Рік тому +38

    My dad ran a large commercial construction company, in central NY, back in the 70s and 80s…. Always spoke w/ admiration as to the skills and reliability of the Mohawk crews

    • @Ofelas1
      @Ofelas1 Рік тому +3

      Sadly seldom mentioned and the most famous pictures do not show native americans as the true builders

    • @akjohnny5997
      @akjohnny5997 Рік тому +2

      @@Ofelas1 do they need the special attention? maybe they wanted to just work in peace. not everyone's thirsty for the camera

    • @Ofelas1
      @Ofelas1 Рік тому

      @@akjohnny5997 precedents, rail roads and Chinese, never shown in pictures but they build many if not most.

    • @brotherlittlefoot2216
      @brotherlittlefoot2216 Рік тому

      @@Ofelas1 Most Indigenous Americans did not like having their picture taken for a long,long time.They used to believe that it took part of one's soul.

  • @jamesgillen6640
    @jamesgillen6640 3 роки тому +14

    My grandfather and 4 of his brothers worked out of union 68 and 399 great job great living back in the 60s 70s...building America...

  • @laidsgpr63
    @laidsgpr63 3 роки тому +41

    To all you guys who helped build New York,
    I take my hat off, in respect, to all of you !!

  • @Jumbuck1151
    @Jumbuck1151 Рік тому +33

    I'm a submariner. I've spent weeks at a time under the water, but I couldn't imagine doing something like this.

    • @PapaEli-pz8ff
      @PapaEli-pz8ff Рік тому +13

      My hats off to you as well.. no way I could manage either profession!

    • @williammarkhart7047
      @williammarkhart7047 Рік тому +2

      That's one hell of a job in it's self! Thanks for your service. I'm Air Force Mechanic. I like it on the ground.

    • @keith7046
      @keith7046 Рік тому +2

      I can SCUBA dive 100 ft. underwater, but not 15ft. in the air.

    • @marigold3208
      @marigold3208 Рік тому

      You’re pretty amazing too. Thank you for your service.

  • @juanitadudley4788
    @juanitadudley4788 Рік тому +4

    UNSUNG HEROES!!! We have holidays to show our appreciation for service members. First responders still get some love. And we even celebrate truckers once in a while. And we can't thank any of them enough!!! But, we never even think of iron workers. God bless iron workers, coal miners, and all the other tradesmen who have jobs that are thankless, dirty, dangerous and out of the spotlight. We can live comfortable lives because of YOU!!!

  • @mikeziviello8789
    @mikeziviello8789 6 років тому +74

    I did that for three years, that was enough. my hats off all iron workers.

    • @globe255
      @globe255 4 роки тому +4

      Mike Ziviello Did you foster weight problems since you stopped?

    • @radixreuel7631
      @radixreuel7631 4 роки тому +1

      Mike Ziviello THANK U ❤️🙏🏽✨

    • @steveeyre6975
      @steveeyre6975 3 роки тому +3

      I wouldn't have lasted 3 minutes

    • @dalegribble7760
      @dalegribble7760 3 роки тому +2

      @@steveeyre6975 That’s what she said.

  • @tropifiori
    @tropifiori 4 роки тому +54

    Grandfather was an Italian immigrant construction guy in the 1920s in NYC. He was very impressed with the American Indian iron workers. He told me stories about they were fearless about heights- catching hot rivets in pails perched up on iron beams way, way up in the air.

    • @calisurfduuuddee8183
      @calisurfduuuddee8183 Рік тому +1

      Construction guy?
      No trade huh

    • @wallymcguire2033
      @wallymcguire2033 8 місяців тому

      The Mohawk ironworkers are from the Kahnawake reserve in Quebec, Canada. They would go home every weekend while they were building the towers.

  • @vincentlussier8264
    @vincentlussier8264 Рік тому +21

    I live in Chateauguay Quebec just a few miles from the reserve of Kanawake outside Montreal. Almost every guy I know from there is either an Iron worker or his father and brother are. They are the bravest and proudest people you'll ever know. I went to high school with them at Howard S. Billings, some I didn't like and some I did. They were aggressive in sports and had balls of steel.

  • @bak2812
    @bak2812 Рік тому +5

    My grandfather was half Mohawk, and yes I was an Ironworker, Local 433. 1025' is the highest I've been

    • @if6was929
      @if6was929 Рік тому +1

      In the early 1970's I did some materials testing and safety work on a couple of big construction projects in New York. The iron workers had an air about them, they were serious, purposeful and respected. Everyone was deferential towards them.

    • @bak2812
      @bak2812 Рік тому +1

      @@if6was929 That well defines us!

  • @maxwellblackwell5045
    @maxwellblackwell5045 Рік тому +6

    Thank you to all you ironworkers. What you people do is incredible.

  • @erepsekahs
    @erepsekahs Рік тому +4

    Just being up there with them in film makes my legs turn to jelly. They are astonishing. They make the high wire act in the Circus look like children's play time.

  • @richarddaniels2754
    @richarddaniels2754 3 роки тому +117

    I worked for thirty two years as a union ironworker in local 25 Detroit, and I can count on One hand how many "Indian" ironworkers I met. You either have or you don't, being an Indian doesn't make you a superman it just means you can work just as hard as the rest of us. I loved it!!!

    • @ivabigbotty9437
      @ivabigbotty9437 2 роки тому +3

      I saw an interview with Alex Honnold, the guy that free solo'd El Capitan in Yellowstone National Park a couple of years ago and they briefly discussed "the desensitvity of the fear of heights" over time, he had no problem being at the edge of a cliff no matter how high up it was or how little the surface area of the edge he was clinging on to was.....crazy.

    • @davidskeels1511
      @davidskeels1511 2 роки тому +4

      True. It's work that I could never do. I stand up and get nervous and I'm only 6'3". It amazes how these men could do this as if it were a Sunday stroll. I ended up working for a natural gas company. It didn't worry me to work in a hole or get burnt or blown up in case something went wrong. Falling gives you too much time to pray.🤣😝😄

    • @johnwesleyhardin9747
      @johnwesleyhardin9747 2 роки тому +4

      I think I saw a couple of Indians when I was hallucinating on some good bud when I was working Iron. Hahahahah

    • @TylerJ2000
      @TylerJ2000 2 роки тому +2

      @@ivabigbotty9437 El Capitan is in Yosemite National Park, just an FYI

    • @billgonzales8978
      @billgonzales8978 2 роки тому +9

      yeah richard, but the Indians did it first, no safety harness just big balls

  • @SuperJohn1956
    @SuperJohn1956 3 роки тому +8

    I worked on the Citi Corp Center in New York city. It was a two derrick job. Two raising gangs, one was almost entirely Mohawk Indians. Nice story. Local 40.

  • @jerrykinnin7941
    @jerrykinnin7941 Рік тому +1

    My craft is Trucking. Second Generation.
    Iron workers are a crazy lot.
    GOD BLESS ALL Y'ALL.
    Happy Thanksgiving.

  • @joller805
    @joller805 3 роки тому +16

    These are man of "steel".
    Huge respect for Mohawks.

    • @email4664
      @email4664 Рік тому +1

      YOU MISSED THE LADIES IN THERE

  • @randyporter3491
    @randyporter3491 4 роки тому +40

    Meanwhile, some think “tough working conditions”, are no expresso machine provided at their office. Much respect to these men. We’re lucky to have them. 🇺🇸

    • @mighty_peach2760
      @mighty_peach2760 4 роки тому +6

      You know that there are millenials iron workers too? Every trade is relying on the youth to carry on the craft.

    • @watogo7664
      @watogo7664 4 роки тому +5

      We Iron Workers are lucky to have President Trump. 🇺🇸 Trump 2020

    • @randyporter3491
      @randyporter3491 4 роки тому +2

      Watogo No doubt ! Everyone is lucky to have him. Some are just too stupid to realize it. 🇺🇸

    • @windermere2330
      @windermere2330 4 роки тому

      Why do you guys love Trump?

    • @watogo7664
      @watogo7664 4 роки тому +2

      Michelle S. One thing he is trying to find a path for daca citizenship but democrats refuse , why?
      He’s wants to find a solution them democrats don’t. Why do you like the democrats that don’t want solutions for anything? America is waiting for Your answer.

  • @perrycorsetti3674
    @perrycorsetti3674 3 роки тому +6

    Total respect to all the gentlemen & professional Ironworks i have worked with in NYC high rises for 40 years ...retired IUOE local 15 🇺🇸👍

    • @dawidzych9457
      @dawidzych9457 2 роки тому

      How's the bank account looking

    • @zzaa2691
      @zzaa2691 2 роки тому

      Glad you made it retirement Perry - as an Ironworker you've earned it. Enjoy

  • @rhtball
    @rhtball 3 роки тому +9

    My Uncle was a Iron Worker on Bridges back in the day out of Buffalo, he worked for Bethlehem Steel...

  • @rossi6113
    @rossi6113 3 роки тому +36

    Huge respect to you guys.

  • @OutThere5
    @OutThere5 Рік тому +2

    The Mohawks and the Newfoundlanders both from Canada were the best fearless iron workers who helped build New York

  • @daniel.d2150
    @daniel.d2150 Рік тому +6

    Rescpect to these guys. Truly I couldn't do this not at those heights; And years ago they didn't attach themselves to safety lines.
    Much respect to the Mohawks from Scotland!

  • @thomasmartinscott
    @thomasmartinscott Рік тому +1

    I fell off of a fire escape, from about 10 feet when I was 8 years old, landed on my back and it knocked the wind out of me. I couldn't breathe, at all. It scared me to death, and to this day I can't even look at videos like this without getting dizzy, and gasping for breath. I'm 72 now and i thought I'd get over that, but I guess not. It was quite traumatic, so I guess that's PTSD. Such is life.

  • @arneaiking8876
    @arneaiking8876 2 роки тому +17

    I have had the opportunity to visit a Mohawk first nation near Cornwall, ON when I was in my forties. That visit confirmed what I had read somewhere when I was a kid.
    You see, Europeans like myself have a tradition of walking with our feet wide apart, like a drunken sailor, thereby securing that we stay upright.
    Many Mohawks have a tradition of walking whereby they place their feet in front of each other, like they are walking on a tightrope, thereby developing a superior sense of balance from a young age.
    That would explain why many Mohawks manage to walk on a narrow latch, without loosing their balance (with the occasional exception, of course....)

    • @ashotofmercury
      @ashotofmercury Рік тому +1

      Wow really interesting - thanks for sharing! 😎

    • @em945
      @em945 Рік тому

      I wonder if it is because they don't have the wide paths out in nature or that societies build? I walk around our small cattle farm and follow the cow tracks, which are thin. Forces the foot in front of the other.

  • @marycunningham3283
    @marycunningham3283 4 роки тому +11

    I respect the Chicago Iron workers on John Hancock Building great work to be admired like beauty in the sky. Its wise of you to down your tools on a very windy day, everyone went home the carpenters, labourers I witnessed this in 1964 in Chicago my respect for your work lives on forever thank you from Mary Cunningham 🏢🔨🔩🔧

  • @gregoryp2859
    @gregoryp2859 3 роки тому +27

    Let's not forget. If you wanted to earn a living in those days, you didn't have a lot of options. I'm sure that those men saw many co-workers die.

  • @jimfinnegan4208
    @jimfinnegan4208 Рік тому +1

    Worked as power lineman for 45 years on transmissions lines it takes strength And endurance to do this work my hat is off to these men

  • @jaminova_1969
    @jaminova_1969 3 роки тому +2

    As a baby, I watched them build the WTC in NYC and cried when terrorists took it down. A good friend from my hometown was killed that day along with 3,000 innocent souls. I'm glad they built a new one, it is a testament to the spirit of the hardworking people of the USA!

  • @mikepoint4717
    @mikepoint4717 Рік тому +2

    No matter what race , just incredible , to have the courage to get up every day and assemble a building like that. Iron workers , fireman , and healthcare professionals are so incredible I have nothing but respect for these hard working people.

    • @brownie3454
      @brownie3454 10 місяців тому

      they have harness, the elevation is effectively the length of the harness so not that incredible

  • @not.likely
    @not.likely Рік тому +14

    Great respect to the Mohawks. Success over adversity

  • @danyarwood1432
    @danyarwood1432 Рік тому +3

    I grew up in Hamilton Ontario , we had the 6 nations of which the Mohawks are one, I am a bricklayer but saw their bravery first hand!🇨🇦

  • @josephpowelliii9169
    @josephpowelliii9169 2 роки тому +4

    This is REAL work...requiring REAL effort and concentration...RESPECT!!!

  • @loop1800mickey
    @loop1800mickey 4 роки тому +32

    GOD BLESS them and keep them safe ‼️

  • @VincentBrooklyn
    @VincentBrooklyn 4 роки тому +12

    All I can say is God bless you people stay safe

  • @justme8108
    @justme8108 Рік тому +3

    They are such a physically strong people, and very brave. You'd have to be very smart to do this job.

  • @nonames5573
    @nonames5573 8 місяців тому

    I’m a crane operator that hoisted for one of these crews in Fort Mac, great guys! Very talented connectors.

  • @russshives5024
    @russshives5024 Рік тому +2

    ROCK n ROLL DADDY- O ! ✌ You guys rock. Godspeed.

  • @charlesweaver9297
    @charlesweaver9297 Рік тому +1

    My friend was a steel erector. He did that type of work. He was in his mid twenties making really good money. He was an adrenaline junkie he was really good at BMX riding too and the singer in a heavy metal band. Unfortunately he died young

  • @835g
    @835g 3 роки тому +3

    After I watch these videos, I look up at all buildings just in amazement

  • @josephstone7429
    @josephstone7429 2 роки тому +2

    Hats off to my mohawk brothers and sisters that walk steal . Luv you guys

  • @brianballa3086
    @brianballa3086 3 роки тому +4

    thank you men for working so hard..... I thank you

  • @elchronico
    @elchronico Рік тому +2

    I’m a high rise window cleaner amd have even done the cn tower. These guys have balls Alan especially the old school guys who had no fall protection or arrest systems

  • @bob5074
    @bob5074 Рік тому

    You don’t need to be an iron worker to feel the camaraderie of the job site. Electricians, pipe fitters, plumbers, mechanical guys and carpenters all feel the same sense of brotherhood. I started as an electrician in ‘86, spent 30 years on the job site, and now I’m a fire protection engineer. I look back and all of it was fun. The 30 hour fire alarm system change-outs, the being on call and getting 3 calls in a row after you’ve worked a 12 hour shift, the programming and wiring issues that took days to solve…You forget about all the crappiness and just remember the fun times, great friends, and the sense of satisfaction when something is complete.

  • @ozzy6944
    @ozzy6944 Рік тому +1

    They are very brave to do that job. I am very afraid of heights and I was getting chills watching them up that high

  • @josephtlaforce9853
    @josephtlaforce9853 3 роки тому +45

    My grandpa was a Mohawk Ironworker. Tommy LaForce was his name.

    • @Ghhyuttgg
      @Ghhyuttgg 3 роки тому +6

      Sounds Italian

    • @donaldfuck
      @donaldfuck 3 роки тому +2

      @@Ghhyuttgg absolutely not

    • @grodard9
      @grodard9 3 роки тому +4

      @@Ghhyuttgg C'est français, French; it means "the strenght".

    • @billgonzales8978
      @billgonzales8978 2 роки тому

      brave man Joseph

    • @dezznutz3743
      @dezznutz3743 Рік тому

      @@Ghhyuttgg LOL

  • @jayjaynella4539
    @jayjaynella4539 Рік тому

    I read about these mohawks back in Catholic Boy magazine back in 1970. They go places I would never ever go.

    • @genefogarty5395
      @genefogarty5395 Рік тому +1

      I'd rather be a boy on a 100 story skyscraper than in a Catholic church, lol. Much safer than the Priest's office.

  • @dioniciotorres4290
    @dioniciotorres4290 11 місяців тому

    My first lesson on a commercial construction site...don't get in a fight with ironworkers or Sheetrockers. 36 years later I'm still alive cuz I listened

  • @TheWtfnonamez
    @TheWtfnonamez Рік тому +1

    They got more balls than I do. Christ watching this stuff is humbling.

  • @sr5610
    @sr5610 6 років тому +18

    Great video! Much respect.

  • @JD-zd8tm
    @JD-zd8tm 3 роки тому +1

    I used to work in NYC and somtimes those Mohawks would fall 30 stories get right back up and go to lunch

  • @raycope2086
    @raycope2086 Рік тому

    I applaud every one of you, from those who've already made that final climb, to those who are here, and those who will come after.
    We have no tall buildings here in Belfast, but I can still gasp with admiration and astonishment, at the feats of you Mohawk sky-walkers.
    I wish you rainbows.

  • @frankhronopoulos652
    @frankhronopoulos652 3 роки тому +1

    You all are awesome!!!! My butt can't be more than 10 maybe 12 feet off the ground before I start shaking and sweating like a dog, lol, heck, I sweat watching this video, lol!!!!

  • @davidandersen9177
    @davidandersen9177 8 місяців тому

    My dad was a crane operator and he often talked about these guys and how they are recruited all over the world.

  • @Para-rt9uk
    @Para-rt9uk Рік тому

    I had to turn this off half way through. Balls of steel these guys.

  • @williebateman3613
    @williebateman3613 4 роки тому +7

    I love being a union iron worker 👍🏾

  • @user-st6nt4ou6f
    @user-st6nt4ou6f 2 роки тому

    YES! If anybody deserves praise,these Original Americans do. Goooo Mohawks!!

  • @headmondronary2127
    @headmondronary2127 Рік тому +1

    What a fantastic day it must have been for the pioneers exploring North America. When they crested a mountain to discover spread out below them native American "Mohawk" ironworkers constructing teepees and highrises.

  • @ksr9t
    @ksr9t 11 місяців тому

    My father was a Ironworker out of the Tampa local. I have his watch and all the pins including his 50 yr pin.
    I've seen him go up columns the same way. He was some kind of strong too. Never needed a gym membership.

  • @michaelwinters2386
    @michaelwinters2386 Рік тому +2

    I was an ironworker for 42 years in Philadelphia and we had some Indians from all different tribes but for the most part our buildings were erected by white and black members. Indians are good Ironworkers but no better than most of my brothers

    • @desertodavid
      @desertodavid Рік тому

      @haroldpaulle5915 🖕 I saw your other s***** comment Harold. You sound like one stupid kid.

    • @cquilty1
      @cquilty1 Рік тому +1

      Michael Winters
      Calm down with the skin color/heritage fixation.

  • @WiseOldManShow
    @WiseOldManShow Рік тому

    My dad always spoke highly of the Mohawks ironworkers on the job. 💪🏾

  • @terryandrews7271
    @terryandrews7271 9 місяців тому

    I was a pipe fitter for 30 Years I am 71 now my respect for the iron workers it's a lot

  • @markuswilmes3694
    @markuswilmes3694 Рік тому

    Respect from a construction rigger in Australia

  • @gregburgos900
    @gregburgos900 2 роки тому +2

    No one is born to be anything but what they pursue or have to adapt to.

  • @russeljosephbrass
    @russeljosephbrass Рік тому +1

    Respect big time

  • @scottbaker7532
    @scottbaker7532 4 роки тому +3

    You guys are crazy as hell but thanks for what you do!

  • @chicobicalho5621
    @chicobicalho5621 Рік тому +1

    Nothing but respect.

  • @pierome9
    @pierome9 3 роки тому +11

    MY REPECTS TO ALL THIS BRAVE PEOPLE

  • @amitol926
    @amitol926 2 роки тому +1

    I hope work in this job ... I adore this occupation

  • @harrywinslow3946
    @harrywinslow3946 3 роки тому +47

    If you're "not scared of heights" like that woman said, you should NOT be working on high steel. A healthy fear is what keeps you alive.

    • @acp865
      @acp865 3 роки тому +4

      You know what she meant, we all know what she meant, you’re a typical know-it-all.

    • @acp865
      @acp865 3 роки тому +8

      @D Redman 😆 Really? Is that all you got? That was kind of weak. Try again, and this time put some meat and potatoes in it!

    • @chrishayes5755
      @chrishayes5755 3 роки тому +10

      @@acp865 Sounds like what your wife says when you roll over to go to sleep after a minute of your best efforts.

    • @titsandwich1842
      @titsandwich1842 2 роки тому +12

      For some reason I feel like she's bolted together a hell of a lot more structural steel than your ass ever will buddy

    • @georgeb65
      @georgeb65 Рік тому +1

      They’re iron workers mate

  • @useruser2101
    @useruser2101 2 роки тому +2

    Salute to you guys. Be safe and God bless.

  • @chrisminblkdiamond
    @chrisminblkdiamond Рік тому +1

    Unions take the best years of a man's life and toss them aside when they're broken and spent.

  • @supercat380
    @supercat380 4 роки тому +7

    These are true men of steel!!

  • @Sojourning_
    @Sojourning_ Рік тому

    The Onondagas, lost a large portion of it's youth working high rises: I'm thinking back
    to the 60's and 70's. dangerous work

  • @grafxgrl8030
    @grafxgrl8030 3 роки тому +1

    No way, under any circumstances for any amount of money could I find the guts to do that, lol. You people who do that AMAZE the rest of us.

  • @jamesohara4295
    @jamesohara4295 3 роки тому +2

    "it's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled",
    Mark Twain.

  • @radixreuel7631
    @radixreuel7631 4 роки тому +4

    AMAZING. These are incredible humans❤️🙏🏽✨

  • @BonnChnd
    @BonnChnd 2 роки тому +2

    They are the best in the World at what they do!

  • @welshboyuk7651
    @welshboyuk7651 Рік тому +1

    This would be a dream job for me, this is the kinda work I’m looking for….

  • @marcelgowa
    @marcelgowa 11 місяців тому +1

    these men and the oil rig workers are the toughest man alive in my eyes, you are the alpha males of this world, you literally build this world. huge respect must be given to them because if you slip just once you DONE and get replaced with a finger snap and everybody forgot about you.

  • @basketcas3717
    @basketcas3717 Рік тому

    Man so much respect for these guys. I've been an ironworker for about 8 years and I'm 36 and I get up there and do my thing but what freaks me put is all the tie off lanyards we're being made to wear and sometimes being tied off seems like it's more likely to cause me to fall than save me

  • @ricter29
    @ricter29 6 років тому +8

    Brave men and woman kudos!

  • @scottmccluremcclure3916
    @scottmccluremcclure3916 6 років тому +19

    Proud to be an American

  • @sealyibrahim9159
    @sealyibrahim9159 Рік тому +1

    If you ain't an ironworker you ain't shit.
    Quote
    Every ironworker ever

  • @extradimensional8818
    @extradimensional8818 3 роки тому +2

    Fearless warrior's...Respect from England

    • @chipbuttytime3396
      @chipbuttytime3396 3 роки тому +1

      Not fearless, just no fear of heights which is a genetic predisposition. They were not too good at the warrior thing either as their almost total non-identity is American society proves

    • @PentaRaus
      @PentaRaus Рік тому

      @@chipbuttytime3396 lol get a load of this hater

  • @dcollier7239
    @dcollier7239 8 місяців тому

    Amazing hard working fearless great job folks and thank you

  • @revisionindustries667
    @revisionindustries667 6 років тому +5

    You don’t die falling. You die landing .

  • @michaelminer3157
    @michaelminer3157 3 роки тому +2

    These workers are amazing! Techies think they rule the world but I beg to differ and I work in a data center.

  • @carlosacta8726
    @carlosacta8726 Рік тому

    Thank you Mohawks for Making America Great!

  • @catherinewhalen1132
    @catherinewhalen1132 Рік тому +1

    Firstly, so much gratitude and respect for these fearless, committed men. Secondly, I can think of almost nothing more attractive than a man working with his hands and creating something that will leave a legacy long after he is gone. (On behalf of all the single girls, just sayin' .... :)

    • @cquilty1
      @cquilty1 Рік тому

      Catherine Whalen
      "I can think of almost nothing more attractive than a man working with his hands and creating something that will leave a legacy long after he is gone. (On behalf of all the single girls, just sayin' .... :)". you say.
      It's lovely to know that my myriad bouts of self abuse/self love don't go unappreciated...thank you, my dear!

  • @jaguilar11009
    @jaguilar11009 3 роки тому +2

    SPECIAL PEOPLE I ADMIRE ALL OF THEM 👍👍👏👏👏👏

  • @frankmcconnellogue3351
    @frankmcconnellogue3351 3 роки тому +13

    Not everyone can do this kind of work , I’m alright to about 20 feet then my mojo goes

    • @chadkennedy529
      @chadkennedy529 3 роки тому

      20' or 100' .. I'd take the 100' you fall from 20 you'd wish you were dead anyways.

    • @willyjordan8997
      @willyjordan8997 2 роки тому +2

      You can get killed on a 6 ft step ladddr

  • @osbaldohernandez9174
    @osbaldohernandez9174 Рік тому +3

    Honestly my respects to them.

  • @adam_p99
    @adam_p99 Рік тому +1

    I once had two paper rounds at the same time. I can definitely relate

  • @carolinejayes157
    @carolinejayes157 Рік тому +1

    Brave determined men ,they built a nation.

  • @tommitchell8425
    @tommitchell8425 3 роки тому

    Worked along side as Union Carpenter for 33 years-SF-OAKLAND-BART---TOTAL STUDS-