Mass honors Long Island laborers
Photo credit: Newsday / Thomas A. Ferrara | James Egan, Joe Montalbano, and Vincent Alu (L-R), members of Local 66 General Building Laborers, wear their hardhats during mass at St. Patrick's Church in Bayshore. (April 27, 2011)
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Bay Shore was filled with an unusual sight last night: scores of workers in hard hats, receiving a blessing from parish Msgr. Thomas Coogan, who sprinkled holy water on them as he walked the aisles.
It was part of the first Workers Memorial Day Mass on Long Island, honoring laborers who have died on the job in Nassau and Suffolk counties in the last year...
