Brockton park bench dedicated to Peter Monsini, worker killed in Government Center garage collapse

BROCKTON – There was a particular tribute in Brockton Sunday to Peter Monsini, the demolition employee killed within the Authorities Heart storage collapse final 12 months.

Again on March 26, 2022, Monsini was utilizing a development automobile on the ninth ground of the storage in Boston when the ground caved in, killing him. He was 51 years outdated and lived in South Easton.

However he was raised in Brockton and on Sunday town devoted a public bench in his identify at Fields Park, which was a particular place to Monsini.

“I’m very glad. He knew lots of people and he grew up in Brockton. He was a Brockton native. his identify was ‘Brockton Pete,’” his son Anthony Monsini mentioned on the ceremony.

“Peter was so vigorous. He beloved his household,” his girlfriend Alicia Anacleto mentioned.

The household mentioned Monsini beloved the trades and specifically the demoltion enterprise. Lots of his co-workers have been on the dedication Sunday.

“This can be a particular place in Brockton, D.W. Fields Park. To know that Peter cherished this location, so many Brocktonians and guests come right here. The truth that that is going to be right here eternally now. It is a great testomony to Peter Monsini,” mentioned Mayor Bob Sullivan.

The park has very vital which means to the Monsini household. It is the place Peter would come along with his son. Now he’ll eternally be remembered right here.

“We might experience bikes right here, bike by the park, made recollections right here. It was the massive influence the stuff we did,” mentioned Anthony Monsini.

It is a tranquil setting for a Brockton man who beloved his group and household.

“If (somebody) is having troubles, they arrive and sit. Whether or not it is in Peter’s loving reminiscence or they will simply sit and discuss and pray and it is a spot for somebody to go and to be secure,” Anacleto mentioned.