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Popes historic
words resonate
Collapse at
demolition
site leaves
worker dead
Beachwood Shopping
Center roof caves in
ANDREW FORD @ANDREWFORDNEWS
JEAN MIKLE @JEANMIKLE

BERKELEY A construction worker from Keansburg was killed Thursday after a roof collapsed during
demolition at Beachwood Shopping Center in Bayville.
Berkeley Police responded to the collapse about 2:15
p.m. Rescue crews dug through the debris and found
the victim around 3 p.m. MONOC paramedics pronounced him dead minutes later.
The man was identified as Raymond Crosby, 52, of
Keansburg, according to Ocean County Prosecutors
Office spokesman Al Della Fave.
He said in an email that OSHA will investigate the
cause of the collapse.
At the scene, a Cat excavator was parked in front of
the wreckage, an I-beam lay near its jaws. Behind police tape, metal roofing ribs jutted from crumbled concrete. A sign posted near the wreckage warned DANGER ASBESTOS.
Investigators milled around the piles of demolished
metal. Workers in hardhats sat on steel, waiting.
Demolition of the Route 9 shopping center, which
had long been an eyesore in the town, started Aug. 11.
Parts of the building were rotting and the awning,
which was removed first, had sagged in spots.
Chris Lake, 25, of the Bayville section of Berkeley,
said he was leaving a neighboring liquor store when he
saw the collapse. An excavator had been tearing away
pieces of the roof when it collapsed on several workers,
he said.
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An investigator walk past an area of debris marked with

police tape at Beachwood Shopping Center Thursday.

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MIKE DAVIS @BYMIKEDAVIS

LITTLE EGG HARBOR Its not every day a

priest gets a phone call from the White House saying the president wants to invite him down for a
private tour.
And even rarer, when that same invitation includes a chance to see the pope, and hear him
speak.
But thats exactly what happened to the Rev. Michael Lambeth, a Vietnam vet and pastor at St.
Theresa Roman Catholic Church, here.
The two-day trip not only changed Lambeths
life but brought his journey full circle.

NEW YORK Pope Francis historic visit to New

York while eagerly anticipated also is likely
to cause multiple road closures and traffic jams.
Unlike the popes stay in Philadelphia, all of the
New York events are ticketed lessening the influx of people heading into the city to see him.
But the papal visit to New York comes with its
own host of issues, especially with the United Nations General Assembly convening just for him.
Here are the three things to remember:
1. Dont drive.

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