Signal Maintainer Dimitriy Bozhovskiy Is Taken by the Virus

Signal Maintainer Dimitriy Bozhovskiy, a “guy who always gave a little extra on the job,” has died of the Coronavirus.  His daughter told the union that her father had been fighting for his life on a ventilator at Coney Island Hospital, but he passed away at 6:30am on April 21, 2020. He currently worked days on Capital Construction out of Stillwell in Brooklyn.

Brother Bozhovskiy had nearly 20 years on the job and was planning to retire in May, according to his friend and LE/S Chair Duvet Williams.  “He was really looking forward to getting out.  He was 66 and wanted to make a full 20 years.  This is really sad.”

Dimitriy was born and raised in Moscow, Russia.  “He liked to tell stories about growing up in Moscow and then coming to America,” said Williams.  “He was a very pleasant man, a hard worker who always gave a little extra.  He wanted to get the job done safely and professionally.”

MOW Vice President John Chiarello added, “our hearts and prayers go out to his wife and daughter in their time of grief.  He was a good union brother who brought all the right things to the job for a safe and pleasant workplace.  This is a terrible loss to his family, friends and co-workers on the job.”