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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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).
@@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.
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
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!!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!!!
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.
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.🤣😝😄
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.
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. 🇺🇸
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.
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!
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.
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....)
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.
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 🏢🔨🔩🔧
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!
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.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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!!!!
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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' .... :)
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!
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.
Well said .?x
Absolutely that's the hard work conditions firstbull the highlight of buildings and big risks to fall down from ....respect for all ironworkers
probably because confidence is something you find on your own, its not passed down.
@@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.
theres plenty of work that pays just as well down on the ground
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.
Sounds like an amazing man who no doubt sacrificed a lot for his family. The men back then were real men...not like today.
Thank you for a short powerful story.
Bless you.
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
You are a good son, And proud of his father.
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.
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
We appreciate you too. Thank you for all your hard work.
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.
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.
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).
how many ironworkers named their sons Luke?
Please don't copy articles off the Internet and place them here like that are gospel truth
@@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.
@@tomlewis4748 reported 😮
@@jamesjameson4566 Both of them
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
Sadly seldom mentioned and the most famous pictures do not show native americans as the true builders
@@Ofelas1 do they need the special attention? maybe they wanted to just work in peace. not everyone's thirsty for the camera
@@akjohnny5997 precedents, rail roads and Chinese, never shown in pictures but they build many if not most.
@@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.
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...
To all you guys who helped build New York,
I take my hat off, in respect, to all of you !!
I'm a submariner. I've spent weeks at a time under the water, but I couldn't imagine doing something like this.
My hats off to you as well.. no way I could manage either profession!
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.
I can SCUBA dive 100 ft. underwater, but not 15ft. in the air.
You’re pretty amazing too. Thank you for your service.
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!!!
I did that for three years, that was enough. my hats off all iron workers.
Mike Ziviello Did you foster weight problems since you stopped?
Mike Ziviello THANK U ❤️🙏🏽✨
I wouldn't have lasted 3 minutes
@@steveeyre6975 That’s what she said.
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.
Construction guy?
No trade huh
The Mohawk ironworkers are from the Kahnawake reserve in Quebec, Canada. They would go home every weekend while they were building the towers.
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.
My grandfather was half Mohawk, and yes I was an Ironworker, Local 433. 1025' is the highest I've been
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.
@@if6was929 That well defines us!
Thank you to all you ironworkers. What you people do is incredible.
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.
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!!!
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.
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.🤣😝😄
I think I saw a couple of Indians when I was hallucinating on some good bud when I was working Iron. Hahahahah
@@ivabigbotty9437 El Capitan is in Yosemite National Park, just an FYI
yeah richard, but the Indians did it first, no safety harness just big balls
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.
My craft is Trucking. Second Generation.
Iron workers are a crazy lot.
GOD BLESS ALL Y'ALL.
Happy Thanksgiving.
These are man of "steel".
Huge respect for Mohawks.
YOU MISSED THE LADIES IN THERE
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. 🇺🇸
You know that there are millenials iron workers too? Every trade is relying on the youth to carry on the craft.
We Iron Workers are lucky to have President Trump. 🇺🇸 Trump 2020
Watogo No doubt ! Everyone is lucky to have him. Some are just too stupid to realize it. 🇺🇸
Why do you guys love Trump?
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.
Total respect to all the gentlemen & professional Ironworks i have worked with in NYC high rises for 40 years ...retired IUOE local 15 🇺🇸👍
How's the bank account looking
Glad you made it retirement Perry - as an Ironworker you've earned it. Enjoy
My Uncle was a Iron Worker on Bridges back in the day out of Buffalo, he worked for Bethlehem Steel...
Huge respect to you guys.
The Mohawks and the Newfoundlanders both from Canada were the best fearless iron workers who helped build New York
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!
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.
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....)
Wow really interesting - thanks for sharing! 😎
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.
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 🏢🔨🔩🔧
My neighbor in Chicago worked on big John.
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.
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
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!
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.
they have harness, the elevation is effectively the length of the harness so not that incredible
Great respect to the Mohawks. Success over adversity
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!🇨🇦
This is REAL work...requiring REAL effort and concentration...RESPECT!!!
GOD BLESS them and keep them safe ‼️
Inshallah
All I can say is God bless you people stay safe
They are such a physically strong people, and very brave. You'd have to be very smart to do this job.
I’m a crane operator that hoisted for one of these crews in Fort Mac, great guys! Very talented connectors.
ROCK n ROLL DADDY- O ! ✌ You guys rock. Godspeed.
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
After I watch these videos, I look up at all buildings just in amazement
Hats off to my mohawk brothers and sisters that walk steal . Luv you guys
thank you men for working so hard..... I thank you
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
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.
They are very brave to do that job. I am very afraid of heights and I was getting chills watching them up that high
My grandpa was a Mohawk Ironworker. Tommy LaForce was his name.
Sounds Italian
@@Ghhyuttgg absolutely not
@@Ghhyuttgg C'est français, French; it means "the strenght".
brave man Joseph
@@Ghhyuttgg LOL
I read about these mohawks back in Catholic Boy magazine back in 1970. They go places I would never ever go.
I'd rather be a boy on a 100 story skyscraper than in a Catholic church, lol. Much safer than the Priest's office.
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
They got more balls than I do. Christ watching this stuff is humbling.
Great video! Much respect.
I used to work in NYC and somtimes those Mohawks would fall 30 stories get right back up and go to lunch
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.
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!!!!
My dad was a crane operator and he often talked about these guys and how they are recruited all over the world.
I had to turn this off half way through. Balls of steel these guys.
I love being a union iron worker 👍🏾
YES! If anybody deserves praise,these Original Americans do. Goooo Mohawks!!
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.
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.
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
@haroldpaulle5915 🖕 I saw your other s***** comment Harold. You sound like one stupid kid.
Michael Winters
Calm down with the skin color/heritage fixation.
My dad always spoke highly of the Mohawks ironworkers on the job. 💪🏾
I was a pipe fitter for 30 Years I am 71 now my respect for the iron workers it's a lot
Respect from a construction rigger in Australia
No one is born to be anything but what they pursue or have to adapt to.
Respect big time
You guys are crazy as hell but thanks for what you do!
Nothing but respect.
MY REPECTS TO ALL THIS BRAVE PEOPLE
I hope work in this job ... I adore this occupation
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.
You know what she meant, we all know what she meant, you’re a typical know-it-all.
@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!
@@acp865 Sounds like what your wife says when you roll over to go to sleep after a minute of your best efforts.
For some reason I feel like she's bolted together a hell of a lot more structural steel than your ass ever will buddy
They’re iron workers mate
Salute to you guys. Be safe and God bless.
Unions take the best years of a man's life and toss them aside when they're broken and spent.
These are true men of steel!!
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
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.
"it's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled",
Mark Twain.
Love Twain quotes.
AMAZING. These are incredible humans❤️🙏🏽✨
They are the best in the World at what they do!
This would be a dream job for me, this is the kinda work I’m looking for….
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.
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
Brave men and woman kudos!
Proud to be an American
If you ain't an ironworker you ain't shit.
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Every ironworker ever
Fearless warrior's...Respect from England
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
@@chipbuttytime3396 lol get a load of this hater
Amazing hard working fearless great job folks and thank you
You don’t die falling. You die landing .
These workers are amazing! Techies think they rule the world but I beg to differ and I work in a data center.
Thank you Mohawks for Making America Great!
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' .... :)
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!
SPECIAL PEOPLE I ADMIRE ALL OF THEM 👍👍👏👏👏👏
Not everyone can do this kind of work , I’m alright to about 20 feet then my mojo goes
20' or 100' .. I'd take the 100' you fall from 20 you'd wish you were dead anyways.
You can get killed on a 6 ft step ladddr
Honestly my respects to them.
I once had two paper rounds at the same time. I can definitely relate
Brave determined men ,they built a nation.
Worked along side as Union Carpenter for 33 years-SF-OAKLAND-BART---TOTAL STUDS-