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Uriel Matamoros

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Longshoreman Killed In Freak Accident Was Impossible Not To Love (TRIBUTE) Longshoreman Killed In Freak Accident Was Impossible Not To Love (TRIBUTE)
Longshoreman Killed In Freak Accident Was Impossible Not To Love (Tribute) Anywhere Uriel Matamoros went, he made a friend. "He never met a stranger," his obituary reads. "Every person in the world to him seemed to be just a new friend. He had a keen ability to bring out the best in others and always saw the good in them.  "Without hesitation he was always willing to give the shirt off his back to those who needed." The world lost a friend on Wednesday, July 13, when 59-year-old Matamoros was crushed to death by a piece of machinery at his job in Port Newark. A GoFundMe for Matamoros' family had raised more than $11,000 as of Monday, July 18. Matamoros moved t…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Longshoreman Fatally Crushed By Machinery At Port Newark Longshoreman Fatally Crushed By Machinery At Port Newark
Longshoreman Fatally Crushed By Machinery At Port Newark A 51-year-old longshoreman was crushed to death by a piece of machinery in Port Newark this week, officials said. International Longshoremen's Association Local 1233's Uriel Matamoros, nicknamed "Popeye," died when the  Noell Straddle Carrier he toppled over on Wednesday, July 13, the International Longshoremen's Association said. An eight-year veteran of the ILA, Matamoros was remembered by ILA Local 1233 President Buddy Smith and many of his co-workers and employers as one of the hardest working longshoremen around.  Messages of condolences have poured into the ILA fr…

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by Cecilia Levine