Air Force Veteran Killed in Construction Accident

EXCLUSIVE: Worker who fell down elevator shaft 'dodged death' in Air Force but was afraid of 'sketchy' construction job 
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
BY BARRY PADDOCK
Friday, May 8, 2015

Ginesi did tours of duty in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan, according to Rapp, who met him when both were deployed in Iraq.

The construction worker who fell 24 stories down an elevator shaft to his death Tuesday in a half-built Midtown luxury hotel was a decorated Air Force veteran who had dodged rocket fire in Afghanistan — but was more frightened by his new civilian job.

“He would tell us how scared he was,” said John Rapp, an Air Force buddy who last spoke to Christian Ginesi two days before his death. “He said, ‘It’s not like the Air Force.

It’s not safe out here.’ But he was happy to have a job.”

The Daily News reported Thursday that Ginesi’s employer, New Jersey-based elevator company G-Tech Associates LLC, was not licensed to perform work in the city and is now being investigated by the Department of Buildings.
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