These are the on ramps to the Verrazano Narrows Bridge viewed from Fort Hamilton Parkway at around 100th Street. The westbound side is closest in this shot, and it is the scene of gore.
In September of last year these ramps were undergoing major construction. The entire right lane was in the process of being redone. At the time you could drive in the center lane, look right, see both a wooden catwalk, and at some portions look directly down through the steel of the bridge.
On one fateful day, construction worker Manuel Pereira was busy doing his job as safely as he could while on that temporary wooden catwalk. Out of the blue one of the four ton cement barriers that was supposed to be protecting the construction workers fell over - landing on the catwalk.
This mysterious four ton cement barrier topple caused Manuel Pereira to fall off the catwalk, some 100 feet to his death.
He was just trying to do his job…
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