Authorities confirm that missing welder was killed in energy plant collapse.
Rescue workers on Monday afternoon found the body of a 65-year-old welder who was trapped inside an old power plant on Weedon Island when it collapsed on him Thursday.
Clark White, part of a crew helping to dismantle the old Progress Energy plant, had not been seen since the 180-foot-tall structure fell Thursday night.
Rescue officials said White’s body was found in a “void space” that was about 18 inches high, 4 feet wide and 10 feet deep. They could not say if the initial collapse killed him immediately or if he lived for some time and died later.
“There is always the possibility that he could have been alive,” said St. Petersburg Fire Rescue Division Chief Alan Rosetti, the incident commander during the rescue and recovery.
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