Johnny Cabrera
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of IBEW member Jonathan Cabrera, who died in a mini excavator accident near Eureka, CA while working for Rokstad Power on May 28th. Brother Cabrera was a traveling groundman out of IBEW 47, and he was just 24 years old at the time of his passing.
“Our deepest condolences go out to the family and friends of Brother Cabrera, including his union family at Local 47,” said Business Manager Bob Dean. “He was a young man with his whole life and career ahead of him, and he left this world far too soon. As we mourn this heart-breaking loss, we must also commit, in Jonathan’s memory, to renew our dedication to workplace safety. Please, look out for yourselves, and one another.”
UPDATE June 1: A GoFundMe has been established to support the family during this heart-breaking time. Please share your condolences and give what you can using the link below.
UPDATE June 11: Memorial information can be found below.
𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜, 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛𝑛𝑦 𝐶𝑎𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑟𝑎’𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝐼𝐵𝐸𝑊 1245 𝐹𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦:
𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦, 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛𝑛𝑦, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒, 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠, 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠, 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑, 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠… 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠. 𝐼𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛𝑛𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦. 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑝𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤.
𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐹𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝐼𝐵𝐸𝑊 #47 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼𝐵𝐸𝑊 #1245 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐵𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑗𝑜𝑦, ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑. 𝐻𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝐵𝐼𝐺 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑑, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛𝑛𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝐻𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑠𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢.
𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑠𝑘 ℎ𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑓 ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑓𝑡.
𝐴𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝐼 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑦𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡. 𝑆𝑒𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒.
𝑇𝑜 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑛, 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦, 𝐼 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠. 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑠𝑜 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑚. 24 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ. 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑚𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑢𝑠. 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ.
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