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BREAKING NEWS: NYC Sanitation Worker killed on duty in QueensBY PETE DAVIS AND NOAH ROSENBERGA Queens sanitation worker and father of two young daughters died on the job in Astoria when a tractor trailer turned a corner, striking him and pinning him against the sanitation truck.
Frank Justich, 41, an 11-year veteran of Department of Sanitation of New York (DSNY), had just collected trash near the intersection of Ditmars Boulevard and 35th Street in Astoria early Tuesday morning, January 26, when the truck struck and killed him. “I know that the prayers of 8.4 million New Yorkers are with him and his family,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Tuesday morning, shortly after he spoke with Justich’s wife Stacy. Harry Nespoli, president of the Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association, described Justich as a likeable guy who got along great with his fellow workers. “He was really well liked in their district,” Nespoli said. “He was in very good shape; he practiced martial arts, he used to talk sports with the guys. Unfortunately, God takes the good.” Justich was doing his normal route with his normal driver when the incident occurred, according to Nespoli. Nespoli said the union got the call early on Tuesday morning and sent a business agent to the hospital. Reports said the accident occurred around 7:45 a.m., and Justich was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital shortly afterwards where he was pronounced dead. The driver remained on the scene. Bloomberg said that the police were investigating the incident. “It was a fatal accident; it was a terrible accident,” Nespoli said. Justich becomes the 10th city sanitation worker to die on the job since 2002. “The department mourns the loss of sanitation worker Frank Justich, who died in the line of duty this morning, serving the city that he loved so much,” said DSNY Commissioner John J. Doherty. “Our thoughts and our prayers are with his wife Stacy and their two daughters. Sanitation workers perform a dangerous and essential job helping to keep New York City safe and clean. He will be missed.” Justich leaves behind a wife and two daughters, ages 4 and 1. |
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jamie davis wrote on Jan 26, 2010 11:35 AM:
" if you knew frankie, you knew a person who put a smile on the face of everyone he encountered. if you knew frankie, you knew a person who cared and tried to help everyone he could. if you knew frankie, you knew a person who was genuine. if you knew frankie, you knew what real friendship felt like. if you knew frankie, you knew a person who would share anything he had. if you knew frankie, you knew you were in the prescence of someone special. if you knew frankie, you loved frankie. and if you did not know frankie, you really missed out on a lot. there is no way to explain what a great person he was. you had to know him. to say he will be missed is like saying katrina caused some damage. i know i speak for many when i say, frankie we love you and we always will remember you, for all the good things you did and all the goodness your aura bought into our lives. q1 lost the best today. and so did the world.
— jamie davis "
— jamie davis "
Jonathan Scalia wrote on Jan 27, 2010 12:01 PM:
" Ive only known Frank for only about a year and i can assure that the few times ive talked to him he gave me such an inspiration such a desire for the things i had and the things i took for granted. His smile his charisma and his way of talking was simply unique. If you would look the word COOL in the dictionary there would be his face. When my girlfriend would say to me if i would like to go to one of her family’s parties my first question was.. Will Frankie be there? I would literally ignore almost anyone there and just sit and talk to this man.. He would tell me about his stories of the past, his passion for drawing, the meaning of the tatoos he had painted in his body. How everyone of them meant something to him, that he drew them and that he wanted them to leave a mark on his life. WE would talk about all the times we would go and CHILL IN THE VILL… and to think that i never actually had the chance to it hurts my heart. I would play with his beautiful daughter and he loved her so much and told me the story of how him and his wife stacy met. His life is one of those life you can write a book or make a movie about, and his personality was just simply unique. My deepest sympathy goes to Stacy and the little girls and his family. WE will all miss you man and once again Thank You.
Rest in Peace Frankie "
Rest in Peace Frankie "
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