This photo is taken by Charles C. Ebbets during construction of the GE Building at Rockefeller Center in 1932.The photograph depicts 11 men eating lunch, seated on a girder with their feet dangling hundreds of feet above the New York City streets. The workers look pretty much enjoying their lunch in the sky without fear. I have been to New York City twice. I went every famous place in NYC; however, I have never seen the city from the sky. These men had such a special and unique experience other than everybody. Even if laboring everyday, they still look satisfied and enjoyed the time. Through these guys faces in ease, they probably look life in an easy way. Honestly, they could die at anytime for just a slip or something. Not like the pilot, they got NO parachute. I guess they might take every single meal as the last meal in their life, just like the story of Jesus. What is more, the weather must really peaceful, nice, and no windy at all. Ebbets took the photo on September 29, 1932, and it appeared in the New York Herald Tribune in its Sunday photo supplement on October 2. Taken on the 69th floor of the GE Building during the last several months of construction, the photo Resting on a Girder shows the same workers napping on the beam. I don't understand why american workers take their life as a bet that easy.
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