A procession, wreath-laying ceremony and bell ringing are planned Monday to mark the 24th anniversary of the deaths of 28 construction workers when the L’Ambiance Plaza in Bridgeport collapsed, The Associated Press reports.
Members of several labor unions were to gather at a memorial to the tragedy outside Bridgeport City Hall Monday morning. The service also is scheduled to include speakers.
The collapse of the unfinished apartment building in downtown Bridgeport on the afternoon of April 23, 1987, has been called Connecticut’s worst construction disaster. Federal authorities blamed faulty lift-slab construction and fined several companies more than $5 million. Victims were buried under tons of steel and concrete.
Officials at Monday’s ceremony were expected to ring a bell 28 times for each of the victims.
