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Benjamin Franklin Bridge

Workers Killed By Train On Bridge Connecting NJ, PA Identified Workers Killed By Train On Bridge Connecting NJ, PA Identified
Workers Killed By Train On Bridge Connecting NJ, PA Identified A pair of workers who were struck and killed by a train on the Benjamin Franklin Bridge connecting New Jersey and Pennsylvania last week have been identified by colleagues. Donato G. Fiocca, 53, and Victor R. Martins, 55, were working on the bridge when they were fatally struck in Camden around 9:20 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14. Both men were members of the Cement Masons and Plasterers' Local 592, Fiocca for 25 years and Martins for 8. Fiocca and Martins were apparently working on a track that should've been out of service for concrete work, PennLive reports citing the National Transport…
Once Homeless & Addicted To Heroin, New Jersey Man Sworn In As Attorney Once Homeless & Addicted To Heroin, New Jersey Man Sworn In As Attorney
Once Homeless & Addicted To Heroin, New Jersey Man Sworn In As Attorney Graduating drug court in 2012 has been Landon Hacker's greatest accomplishment for the last several years. That changed on Wednesday, when he was sworn in as an attorney by state Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Stuart Rabner. If not for guidance from his own attorney in 2012, things may not have turned out this way for 33-year-old Hacker. "If you put everything you have into something, if you want something bad enough, anything is possible," Hacker said. Hacker -- who spent his nights under the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Camden --  was facing five years in prison after violating …