He Helped Build It. At 67, He Came Back to Demolish It. Social Security Kept Paying. His Union Pension Stopped.
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A heavy-equipment operator sits in an excavator cab downtown. Around 2005, he helped put up the five-story office building in front of him. Two decades later, the city wants stadium parking there, and a contractor has called him back for one last job: tearing down what he helped build.
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