Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
Michael LaRow slices vegetables in his Glenville home. LaRow, a chef by profession, has been out of work since injuring his back in July 2007. Under new workers compensation rules, LaRow will attempt to be classified as permanently partially disabled.