Iron working is often death-defying work. Many Mohawk residents of the North Country spent their careers perched on iron beams high in the sky, bolting, cutting and connecting massive iron beams for high rises, bridges and buildings across the country. Akwesasne resident Darryl Lazore, who worked as an ironworker for 35 years, donated these photos, which mostly come from his time working on the Goldman Sachs tower in Jersey City, NJ.