Toronto Labor Monument
Okay - one more post about my trip to Toronto and then I'll shut up about it. I promise.
One of the things that I saw in Toronto was a monument to Canadian workers who had died on the job over the past centure. There are 100 plaques on this wall. Each of them represents a Canadian worker who died; one of them represents all of the workers who died that year.
This plaque in particular struck me. First, cause I happened by the monument on the anniversay of this gentleman's death. Second, he died from asbestos - the same thing that killed my Dad. Finally, there's the fact that his given name was Frank - just like my Dad and I.
It strange how I can feel a connection to a complete stranger, who was lived in a foreign country and who died before I even got out of diapers.
R.I.P. Frank Sypher.
One of the things that I saw in Toronto was a monument to Canadian workers who had died on the job over the past centure. There are 100 plaques on this wall. Each of them represents a Canadian worker who died; one of them represents all of the workers who died that year.
This plaque in particular struck me. First, cause I happened by the monument on the anniversay of this gentleman's death. Second, he died from asbestos - the same thing that killed my Dad. Finally, there's the fact that his given name was Frank - just like my Dad and I.
It strange how I can feel a connection to a complete stranger, who was lived in a foreign country and who died before I even got out of diapers.R.I.P. Frank Sypher.
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