Jack Balestreri - Bridge Worker

Jack Balestreri was considered to be the last surviving worker from the building of the Golden Gate Bridge in California. He began his job in 1933 when he was 17 on the south tower of the bridge in San Francisco Bay and continued for three years until the project completion.

Mr Balestreri,95, died of natural causes at his home in San Francisco on April 21, 2012.

After the completion of the project, he played professional baseball and worked in a shipyard during World War II. He later spent 40 years working as a draftsman for a company in San Francisco.