'I was barely alive': Workers return to site of London, Ont. building collapse on one-year anniversary
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It was an emotional morning for Jacob Hurl who was joined by family members as they put flowers at the curb of 555 Teeple Terrace in London, Ont.
It was an emotional morning for Jacob Hurl who was joined by family members as they put flowers at the curb of 555 Teeple Terrace in London, Ont.
It's the site where workers John Martens, 21, and Henry Harder, 26, died when an apartment building collapsed during construction.
"This is a grave of two young men," says Hurl, who was injured in the collapse.
"Two young men that lost their lives and many others that almost did.”
Hurl was badly hurt, but has recovered.
"I was pinned in the building for four and a half hours," says Hurl.
"I was barely alive. When I got pulled out of there, I had tourniquets around my legs and I there were thoughts that I was gonna lose my leg for about a 24-hour period. I remember saying to myself, I can't die. I need to stay alive.”