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Mary Altaffer/Associated Press TUNNELING THROUGH: A subway construction worker, known as a 'sandhog,' worked on the tracks in the Second Avenue subway construction project Thursday in New York.

Photos of the Day 2011

In today's pictures, people listen to a speech by India's prime minister, a Libyan rebel fighter receives medical aid, a 'sandhog' works on a new subway line in New York and more.

Photos of the Day 2011

In a few days, stone cold sober, he will have died of pneumonia looking for a job as a sandhog.

Archive 2009-02-01 Jacqueline T Lynch 2009

In a few days, stone cold sober, he will have died of pneumonia looking for a job as a sandhog.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) Jacqueline T Lynch 2009

With no formal training, he relied mainly on intuition, his childhood memories of exploring the work of ancient Rome, and his more recent experiences as an East Coast sandhog.

A Garden Grows Underground Arnie Cooper 2008

His roughneck Irish face fit right in with the sandhog getup.

Enemy Within Robert K. Tanenbaum 2002

His roughneck Irish face fit right in with the sandhog getup.

Enemy Within Robert K. Tanenbaum 2002

His roughneck Irish face fit right in with the sandhog getup.

Enemy Within Robert K. Tanenbaum 2002

I can show you figures that prove it's safer to be a sandhog in the Moon than it is to be a file clerk in Des Moines-all things considered.

The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967

Son dies in LIRR tunnel collapse despite father's efforts to save him Father frantically tried to revive son with CPR A young sandhog was killed Thursday night in the collapse of a railroad tunnel deep under Park Ave., despite his father's heroic efforts to save him, a source told The Daily News.

NYDN Rss BRIAN KATES 2011