Dan Rodricks’ recent column on ironworkers is a classic, a keeper (“Dan Rodricks: These ironworkers helped build the Francis Scott Key Bridge, now a lost legacy,” March 29).

Ironworkers union gives skills to members, public safety to all By Michael Hiltzik Sept. 2, 2012 12 AM PT ...

Members of Ironworkers Union Local 433 and friends and relatives of some accident victims say the union leadership isn’t fighting hard enough to ensure safety at Strip building sites.

But even with an overhead crane, a barge and a hoist, ironworkers at the bridge site couldn't rescue three co-workers tethered to and trapped beneath a 90,000-pound scaffold.