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To be given out for elevator mechanic jobs. they are going to be giving out 100 elevator mechanic jobs. these folks here have been here through the weekend, since friday, a lot of these folks have been here. chris, you have been here since friday. tell us about your situation? my situation is, i m only 22 years old so i am trying to start my life, start it early, i guess, came out with a couple of friends. i wasn t doing it on my own but you get a couple of people to hang out with you and you make it into an interesting night, interesting weekend, actually. you guys had tents out here earlier, chairs. yeah, everything. especially because when you came early, you sitting there alone, you start making friends on the line. next thing you know, it becomes a small little family going thing. reporter: you have never done any kind of elevator mechanic work? i went to a vocational high school for electrical installation. git little electrical in the background. that was three years a ....
It s too dangerous right now. i think they need them. this is ridiculous. whatever we have to do. police need some help. calls for the national guard to step in and help fight crime in chicago. has it really come to that? and on the job front, it has certainly come to this. i just hope i can get the job. i ve been unemployed for two years. and this is like the last hope. there s a chance, that s all we want, a chance to get a good job to provide for our family. can you believe it? people camp out through the weekend in new york for a chance at just 100 job openings, as an elevator mechanic. sign of the times. let s do this. let s get started. deadly violence on the streets of chicago leads to a drastic idea. two state lawmakers want to bring in the national guard. they say 113 people have been killed so far this year and a handful of chicago neighborhoods. the crimes are mostly gun violence. one night last week, seven ....
Pictures that you re looking at. some of these people have been camping out all weekend for the chance just to fill out a job application on monday morning. most of these people have little chance of getting a job, not because they re not qualified, there are simply too many other people competing for the same opportunity. cnn s susan candiotti has the job description for us. susan? reporter: if you are lucky, this is where you want to wind up getting inside this door, because inside that door if you re one of 750 job applicants, you will get to apply for a job as an elevator mechanic. they re only going to hand out about 100 applications, and you ll start off as an apprentice, if you re lucky enough to get the job, earning maybe $15 an hour. if you get the job full time as a full-fledged mechanic you could earn up to $40 an hour. jeremy fernandez you were number one in line. people have been camped out since before dawn on friday. how long have you been out of work? i ve been out ....
Months. we started to hear friday morning at 4:00 a.m., and we re here until monday at 9:30, just waiting to get the application, just a chance. that s all, that s all we want, a chance to get a good job and provide for our family. reporter: you really were lucky to be number one in line here. lucky, no, maybe determined. reporter: to make number one. yes. reporter: and this is where you ve been staying for the past couple of nights? this is the house, entrance a dress, number one and two. this is the living room over here. reporter: let s take a look inside. one reason why an impromptu tent city has been set up in this neighborhood of queens new york, a 10% unemployment rate in new york city right now. this gentleman is one of the unemployed. you ve been without a job for how long? a near year and a half. narrator: the last job you did was? construction. reporter: construction to possibly getting a job as an elevator mechanic, is this your dream job? not really ....