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Rise of Freedom: Building the Freedom Tower

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    Iron workers take on a dangerous task during WTC reconstruction

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See they they there's a good.

They're made that.

On September the eleventh 2001.

Tom Hickey was working on a project just a few blocks from the World Trade Center.

Golds -- golf California's always have my offers -- And we came right over the -- -- his golf ball and all valuable and really straight.

He's now among a small group of people leading the way on the rebuilding effort.

A fourth generation iron worker.

Paula grandfather great -- ball -- drilled a mother's side balls.

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And this place it seems is in his blood of all of work on -- -- There's hours sixteen.

Iron workers usually work in twos.

-- and his partner Michael Reilly our connector.

-- -- -- still -- one and lose your money other.

We had to Baltimore.

Going to.

O Reilly's father was also an ironworker who helped build the original World Trade Center.

Took the whole concept the world doing what I -- -- connected.

I'm -- who's actually ultimately highlights from apple -- I worked on our seven.

Before -- as a -- -- news I made him proud about you know about six.

The job hasn't changed much since their fathers worked on the Twin Towers.

Nor since iron workers first rested on the beams of the Empire State Building.

They're constructing this skyscraper two stories at a time whenever they move up they Begin raising the interior core.

They then bring in the perimeter columns and secure them with connecting beams.

Finally they -- the framing which will support each floor.

It's dangerous work.

-- -- put us through like -- like a team so rarely happens that any of us.

Get -- -- accidents do happen.

It's it's -- -- job you know.

Think he got a fresh reminder of that recently.

When he pitched his hate and between two beams splitting it open.

Let's say come and I'd put my head the wrong spot well.

Why does this outfits adversity go it's in the back to remind you mean you've got -- think about it for future shop I think.

In addition to the heights in the heavy equipment iron workers have to worry about the weather all it has developed this weather and right now it feels right we'll says it's called.

-- -- -- -- -- Full -- -- -- -- it all the wind comes with the right down the -- We've got a full blast.

When the gusts topped thirty miles an hour the iron workers stopped working.

They tell us they lose about a day of progress each week because of high winds let's play I would love it because I'm -- Working all day tossed in the went -- and some of but and it would give -- that we the guy or -- can't talk enough about the work they're really great guys really.

Mike the -- is the superintendent in charge of the construction of one World Trade Center he says the folks on top or a particularly dedicated group of workers.

Yeah I workers of.

Guys it always kind of lead the Detroit.

-- -- the guys reliant with the steel -- did a tough guys of the guys that got the brains whenever I have a problem on site to be the first guys to walk persistence would.

With a trainer stop what you're doing and these guys like I can't say enough about -- really really good group -- People who say they're proud to be piecing together this building ten years after the attacks -- the military or anything like so this my way of given back to the country and to the victims of what happened.

Finally dollars a day off -- on the shelf.

They're always six stories up of vehicles thought.

How thank goodness for them -- you do that I couldn't do that.

Chef says when our cameras were up there a few days ago the 86 floor was the highest level.

The iron workers were installing -- steel for -- 87 and 88.

We'll have another report on the rise of freedom to.

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