Worker killed in Boise hangar collapse was supporting his family in Guatemala, his uncle says
The uncle of a man killed in a hangar collapse in Boise, Idaho, says his nephew was working on the project to provide for his family in Guatemala.
The uncle of one of three men killed in a building collapse in Boise, Idaho, says his nephew was working so his family in Guatemala could have a car and a roof over their heads.
Oscar Tzy said that mourning his nephew, Mario Sontay, 32, has been the "toughest part" of losing him in the Jan. 31 collapse of a hanger that was being built to house private jets at the Boise Airport.
“I used to talk to him often," Tzy, 43, said in Spanish through an interpreter, speaking by phone from Guatemala. "Long calls on the weekend. We can’t believe he’s gone.”
Mario Sontay.via Attorney Enrique SernaAlso killed were Mariano Coc Och, 24, a Guatemala native, and Craig Durrant, 59, a co-founder of Big D Builders, which was overseeing the project. Nine people were injured.
The cause of the collapse is under investigation by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which could not be reached for comment Monday.
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