Workers have recovered the remains of two construction workers whose bodies remained trapped in the rubble of the Hard Rock Hotel – nearly 10 months after the structure partially collapsed during construction.
The body of Jose Ponce Arreola, one of three men killed in the collapse, was removed from the site by an urban search and rescue team just before 4 p.m. Aug. 17, New Orleans city officials confirmed. On Aug. 8, the same search and rescue team recovered the body of the other victim, Quinnyon Wimberly.