A very poignant read. I am from Sri Lanka and had an interest in this story because 'apparently', there ship was carrying Dangerous Cargo to be unloaded in Sri Lanka. But you have made such a valid point about labour in general. Whether it is in Baltimore, Sri Lanka, India or China...I believe that there is a population that HAVE to do undesirable jobs that most people will opt out of, because they just have no other choice. I am not comparing Baltimore with Colombo, Sri Lanka. But there is a construction boom happening in Colombo, and there are so many workers from India, China, Bangladesh etc, who work in construction here in Sri Lanka (depending on which company has got the contract, the nationality of the workers differ), along with the Sri Lankans. Great read, thanks for the food for thought!