sandhog

• “Mary Altaffer/Associated Press TUNNELING THROUGH: A subway construction worker, known as a 'sandhog,' worked on the tracks in the Second Avenue subway construction project Thursday in New York.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Photos of the Day

• “In today's pictures, people listen to a speech by India's prime minister, a Libyan rebel fighter receives medical aid, a 'sandhog' works on a new subway line in New York and more.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Photos of the Day

• “In a few days, stone cold sober, he will have died of pneumonia looking for a job as a sandhog.”

  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

• “With no formal training, he relied mainly on intuition, his childhood memories of exploring the work of ancient Rome, and his more recent experiences as an East Coast sandhog.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A Garden Grows Underground

• “His roughneck Irish face fit right in with the sandhog getup.”

  Simon & Schuster: Enemy Within

• “I can show you figures that prove it's safer to be a sandhog in the Moon than it is to be a file clerk in Des Moines-all things considered.”

  The Past Through Tomorrow

• “Son dies in LIRR tunnel collapse despite father's efforts to save him Father frantically tried to revive son with CPR A young sandhog was killed Thursday night in the collapse of a railroad tunnel deep under Park Ave., despite his father's heroic efforts to save him, a source told The Daily News.”

  NYDN Rss

• “The rumor inspired sandhog Lorenzo Cali, 27, a fresh immigrant from Italy.”

  NYDN Rss

• “Dad fails in desperate bid to save son in collapse, concrete crushes sandhog son in tunnel 'I tried to save his life,' says dad.”

  NYDN Rss

• “A young sandhog dies after collapse of a railroad tunnel deep under Park Ave., despite his father's heroic efforts.”

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