… the reason I love the welders in particular is my papaw for 42 years, was a union welder at a place called Armcoast Steel. And when I was growing up, Armco Steel had shed about 80% of the workforce that it had employed when my papa was working there during its heyday. And unfortunately, it was one of the lucky ones, because a lot of the steel mills lost about 80% of their workforce. A lot of the steel mills didn't exist at all. (17:13–17:22)
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