Alpha News has obtained an exclusive video capturing the moments when a 19-year-old woman was forced to jump out of a construction trailer window after she was barricaded inside by union members who stormed the job site she was working.
Maretta Van Beck, home for Christmas break from college last year, had taken a temporary job managing gate control at a non-union Brooklyn Park construction site where her father was the superintendent.
She says the morning of Dec. 20, 2023, started routinely until a delivery truck arrived at the gate.
“I asked my dad if they were supposed to be there, and he said yes, so I let them in. The truck was big, so I had to open both gates,” Maretta recalled. But as she was closing the gates, an SUV sped through, missing her by “millimeters.”
Maretta says she quickly tried to secure the gates, but more vehicles …