“He was born with an excavator in his hand.” Family remembers Peter Monsini, the victim in Saturdays parking garage collapse /61YAdbpnxt- Malcolm Johnson NBC10 Boston MaRemembering Peter Monsini A second person was taken to an area hospital after the accident. Monsini was found under a pile of rubble and pronounced dead at the scene by authorities, Dempsey said. The vehicle fell eight or nine stories with a large amount of debris. The finished project is expected to include a parking garage surrounded by office and apartment buildings.īoston Fire Commissioner Jack Dempsey told reporters that Peter Monsini was completing demolition work in a construction vehicle that fell over the side of the garage when the structure collapsed. The demolition is all part of the $1.5 billion Bullfinch Redevelopment Project, construction firm John Moriarty & Associates said in a statement. Part of the Government Center garage came down after a concrete slab on the ninth floor collapsed. 'I looked up to him, he taught me a lot,' said Richard Monsini, Peter's cousin and friend. The victim of the Government Center Parking Garage collapse has been identified as construction worker Peter Monsini, who according to his cousin was born with an 'Excavator in his hand'.
