Life Loss Quotes



Before there was a Panama Canal, there was a railroad that Americans had built earlier. Goods could be transshipped across Panama from one ocean to the other. However, the unloading and reloading of ships made the process very inefficient. A Canal would be much better. TR recognized the appalling loss of life in the construction of the railroad but we went ahead and built the canal which cost many more lives. Workers died from Malaria, other diseases, and a high rate of industrial and construction injuries.


Thompson’s son was serving with U. S. forces in the Iraq War at the time.