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Birthday-Dublin, Ireland
After living in Ireland for 25 years I decided to come to America to get a better education. I had no opportunities in Ireland. I hope trough this autobiography to relay my life's story to my family. -
Ellis Island
Ellis Island Immigrants came to Ellis Island to escape the povery and religious intolerance. -
Coming To America
Hi, I'm Fithian McDermott. I came to America in 1876. Seeing the Statute of Liberty was awesome! I had a huge sense of the freedom America represents. -
Living in a tenement
Living in a tenement was horrible. Some of the apartments didn't even have windows so if there was a fire in the building then they would be trapped a die. Also, the apartments were filthy you didn't always have water and when you did it wasn't always clean.The water looked muddy and filthy. -
My Job
My job is working on the Statue of Liberty. It was scary at firt because I had to walk across steel I-beams and If I feel off then I would die. I had no safety equipment and I had to work in the cold or heat. -
My Job Experience
After a while I got used to eating my lunch and talking to my friends on the I-beams so high up in the air.When I was working on the Statue of Liberty it was one of the coolest things I have ever experienced in my life. Also, this opened up so many jobs for me like scyscraping and building the flat iron building.
