A stone monument at Didion Milling in Cambria displays, on a bronze plaque, the names of the five employees who lost their lives as a result of the explosion at the mill on May 31, 2017.
With the new Didion Milling building rising in the background, a living memorial -- composed of five newly planted trees, a pair of picnic tables and a stone monument with the names of the five workers who died as a result of the explosion a year ago -- offers a long-term way to remember the events of May 31, 2017.
Four of the five wooden crosses remain at the Didion Milling site, but not for long. Didion officials said the crosses, posted in memory of the five people who lost their lives as a result of the May 31, 2017, explosion at the mill, are being replaced by a "living memorial," featuring a stone monument with the names of the dead, five newly planted trees and picnic tables.
CAMBRIA — A year has gone by, and the wooden crosses will soon come down. But that doesn’t mean Didion employees will ever forget Duelle Block, Robert Goodenow, Carlos “Charly” Nunez, Angel Reyes and Pawel Tordoff.
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With the new Didion Milling building rising in the background, a living memorial -- composed of five newly planted trees, a pair of picnic tables and a stone monument with the names of the five workers who died as a result of the explosion a year ago -- offers a long-term way to remember the events of May 31, 2017.
Four of the five wooden crosses remain at the Didion Milling site, but not for long. Didion officials said the crosses, posted in memory of the five people who lost their lives as a result of the May 31, 2017, explosion at the mill, are being replaced by a "living memorial," featuring a stone monument with the names of the dead, five newly planted trees and picnic tables.
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