Investigation into deadly walkway collapse continues
By RHONDA COOK and CAMERON McWHIRTER

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Saturday, December 20, 2008

The son of the construction worker killed at the Atlanta Botanical Garden Friday said his father’s body will be shipped to his village in Mexico for burial as soon as the family can make arrangements.

Aquiles Chupin, 36, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that his father, Angel Chupin, 66, was hit with something — he didn’t know what — and died instantly when a portion of a 40-foot-high walkway collapsed.

Atlanta Botanical GardenChupin said the family hoped to get their father’s body yesterday and hold a small religious ceremony. Then the body would be shipped to Juchitan, in the state of Guerrero, near the Pacific coast south of Acapulco. Angel Chupin had six daughters and four sons. He lived in Marietta, as did four of the daughters and two sons. The elder Chupin’s wife and the rest of the family lived in Juchitan. Aquiles Chupin, who also works in construction, said his father first came to Atlanta in the mid-1990s.

“This is something you cannot prepare for,â€