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**Raj_Copi_Jin** · 10-02-2010, 02:08 PM

Pichardo and Vacara,

Whilst I have some strong views formed from alot of bad experiences using Dominican construction workers I want to take this opportunity to express my admiration for a group of 10 Dominican construction workers whom I encountered in Port au Prince recently.

They had traveled here directly after the quake with a group of their Haitian work buddies to assist them in looking for their family members trapped or killed in the rubble of their collapsed family homes.

They were working 20 hours a day with their hands and basic tools to move rubble and cut re-bar with hacksaws and crawling into small tunnels amongst the rubble. They would then collapse in the street for a few hours rest and then straight back into it. They had paid their own way across to Haiti and stayed for 10 days before leaving to go back to Santo Domingo.

This brief moment of solidarity between those construction site colleagues has been mirrored across all levels of the DR society during this tragedy. A wonderful and effective response from the Dominican nation to which you should all be very proud.

I may even hire more Dominican's now....... Pedrochemical just fell off his bar stool!!!

10-02-2010, 02:08 PM	#35
Raj_Copi_Jin Join Date Oct 2005 Age 48 Posts 4,533 Senior Member	Pichardo and Vacara, Whilst I have some strong views formed from alot of bad experiences using Dominican construction workers I want to take this opportunity to express my admiration for a group of 10 Dominican construction workers whom I encountered in Port au Prince recently. They had traveled here directly after the quake with a group of their Haitian work buddies to assist them in looking for their family members trapped or killed in the rubble of their collapsed family homes. They were working 20 hours a day with their hands and basic tools to move rubble and cut re-bar with hacksaws and crawling into small tunnels amongst the rubble. They would then collapse in the street for a few hours rest and then straight back into it. They had paid their own way across to Haiti and stayed for 10 days before leaving to go back to Santo Domingo. This brief moment of solidarity between those construction site colleagues has been mirrored across all levels of the DR society during this tragedy. A wonderful and effective response from the Dominican nation to which you should all be very proud. I may even hire more Dominican's now....... Pedrochemical just fell off his bar stool!!!
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