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.

何塞·庞塞·阿雷拉（Jose Ponce Arreola）的尸体是在倒塌中丧生的三名男子之一，在下午4点之前，一个城市搜救团队将其从现场撤离。8月17日，新奥尔良市官员证实。8月8日，同一搜救团队恢复了另一名受害者昆尼农温伯利的尸体。

自10月12日，这座18层建筑的上层倒塌时，两人的尸体就被困在瓦砾中，造成了三人。

The remains of Anthony Magrette, the third worker killed, was recovered two days after the collapse. Search and rescue teams were unable to reach the others until now because the structure’s instability made the effort too risky.

新奥尔良市长拉托亚·坎特雷尔（Latoya Cantrell）在书面声明中说：“开始结束这一过程是一种可怕的解脱。”

Representatives of project owner and developer 1031 Canal issued a statement saying no one was injured and no property sustained damage during the recovery operation, which has been under way for several weeks.

声明说：“ 1031运河对这两个好人的家庭和亲人表示最深切的同情，他们已经遭受了很长时间的等待康复。”

这两个机构的恢复和随后的拆除一直是一项充满风险和延误的复杂任务。拆除工作始于5月，目的是拆除这两个尸体并在7月之前拆除建筑物的上层。但是天气和设备问题进一步延迟了康复，使男子家人感到沮丧。

一月份，在风吹消散了一个掩盖了温伯利的腿的红色篷布后，停滞的恢复工作受到了抨击，该篷布从大街上可见。

For months leading up to the start of demolition, city officials and the developer were at odds over what would be the safest way to take down the partially collapsed structure. The developer pushed for a traditional, piece-by-piece demolition, while the city insisted that an implosion would be safer. At one point, city officials thought the building would have to be demolished with both bodies still inside.

Under a deadline set by a Civil District Court judge, the city and the developer reached an agreement on a piece-by-piece demolition, and the city issued a demolition permit in late April.

The demolition process began in May with crews tearing down three buildings that were in the Hard Rock’s footprint to put cranes in place. Next, they removed the remnants of the tower cranes that were brought down in a controlled demolition a few days after the collapse. In July, search and rescue workers began clearing debris so they could get to the two bodies.

既然尸体已被拆除，工人可以开始拆除其余的结构 - 这一过程可以在十月的硬石倒塌一周年左右完成。

“在此过程中，承包商将转向拆除上层，随后将拆除下层停车场，最后从Canal和Rampart（街道）的拐角处清除所有碎屑，”根据1031运河的说法。

Speaking on Aug. 18, Arturo Jauregui, the attorney representing the family of Jose Ponce Arreola, says the recovery will bring some closure for the family, but their ordeal is not over.

“我们感谢他的家人可以休息，” Jauregui说。Arreola将被火化，但Jauregui表示，这个家庭可能不得不再等两个月才能完成验尸官的报告和法医分析，然后才能收到骨灰。

Jauregui说，在卡特里娜飓风之后，阿雷拉开始前往新奥尔良，以帮助该市的重建，并致力于建设近15年。崩溃时，他正准备回到墨西哥，以庆祝她去世的周年纪念日的生活。Jauregui说：“他真的很高兴能够回到墨西哥与兄弟姐妹一起庆祝。”“现在他们将把他的遗体纳入骨灰盒。”