“To be clear: capturing or sharing images of the victims in such a condition is irresponsible, it is indefensible, and it is not who we are as New Orleanians,” a statement from Cantrell’s office read, adding, “we urge news outlets, residents, and social media users to have nothing to do with making a tragic situation needlessly worse.”

Pictures of the victim’s legs sticking out of the twisted steel quickly began circulating on Twitter, prompting Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s office to urge the public to stop sharing them. The outcry to recover the two bodies reignited in January after a tarp meant to conceal one of the bodies was blown away by the wind, exposing the body to the public. The victims are 63-year-old Jose Ponce Arreola and 36-year-old Quinnyon Wimberly. But what’s even more horrific is that the bodies of two workers killed in the collapse have still not been recovered.

The crumbled building sticks out as an eyesore on the edge of the city’s historic French Quarter as Mardi Gras celebrations approach. It’s been more than three months since the Hard Rock Hotel construction site collapsed in New Orleans.

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