[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 2, 2017)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E581-E582]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              ANNIVERSARY OF THE L'AMBIANCE PLAZA COLLAPSE

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                          HON. JAMES A. HIMES

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                          Tuesday, May 2, 2017

  Mr. HIMES. Mr. Speaker, April 23rd marked the thirtieth anniversary 
of one of the gravest tragedies in the history of the State of 
Connecticut: the collapse of L'Ambiance Plaza, a 16-story tower under 
construction in Bridgeport.
   I rise today to extend my condolences and pay tribute to the 28 
workers who lost their lives in the collapse, the 22 survivors whose 
lives were forever changed, and the countless first responders and 
volunteers who spent ten days searching the debris for their friends 
and neighbors. The victims were family in the House of Labor--a 
collection of carpenters, ironworkers, and pipefitters--whose tragic 
and preventable deaths remind us that we must never give up the fight 
for safer workplaces.
   Today, 30 years on since this tragedy at L'Ambiance Plaza, I give my 
sincere thanks to the Fairfield County Labor Council, the Fairfield 
County Building Trades, the Connecticut State Building Trades and the 
Connecticut AFL-CIO--all of whom have advocated for safer construction 
sites and workplaces. We owe it to the victims of this disaster to 
advocate for measures that make Connecticut's workplaces safer and 
protect the good men and women of Connecticut's workforce.

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