When he joined the family business at 18, he was put on the hardest jobs, from operating cranes to driving forklifts.
By 1946, he had had a decade of labouring and crane-driving jobs, and became the youngest member of a trade union national executive.
I have an old black and white photograph of him driving a crane, and he still looked the same by the time I met him.
Officials circumvented the protest by driving a crane to the side of the temple and hoisting the bears over a 12-foot wall.
Man, I was making money, driving a crane, spending it on drugs and babes.' Then, in 1986, 'I got deported.' After which, echoing Joshua, 'I was one of them, completely lost'.
Anyone walking or driving by will crane their necks to look and think, "Wow, that place must be great -- it's packed!
I crane my head towards the bus, fast driving out of our view.
It sees them driving four trucks, including a fire engine and crane.
Cars can be seen driving below him in the street while a crane-mounted camera sweeps in front of him.
Despite a driving snowstorm and high winds, workers tonight secured a damaged crane that since early Wednesday had teetered over this waterfront neighborhood.
