[PPRAANet] Rohn 25G Tower Climber Killed

[K3ILC]

Be very, very careful when climbing towers.  The person killed was a 
professional tower climber.

73
K3ILC

Received this today from PVRC:
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On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 4:00 PM Tom K3TW via PVRC <pvrc at mailman.qth.net 
<mailto:pvrc at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
There has been a discussion about towers lately.  Here is a very tragic 
story.  Please check your tower guy cables before climbing:
Climber Dies in Amateur Radio Tower Collapse

A young Tennessee father of five is dead after the Amateur Radio tower 
on which he was working collapsed due to a guy anchor letting go. 
Thirty-year-old Ken Waddell was killed on September 29 while attempting 
to erect a 70-foot Rohn 25G tower in Cookeville, Tennessee. A 
professional tower climber, Waddell handled the tower job on a freelance 
basis, rather than for his employer.
According to media accounts, the new guy anchors were checked in advance 
of putting up the tower. Waddell was getting ready to attach a second 
set of guys at 70 feet when a guy at the 40-foot level let go, taking 
him to the ground on the section where he was attached. He was the only 
person on the tower when it fell, and died at the scene.
Waddell was the sole financial provider for his family, and a _GoFundMe 
campaign_ <https://www.gofundme.com/waddellfamily>has been established. 
The _Tower Family Foundation_ <http://towerfamilyfoundation.org/>and the 
_Hubble Foundation_ <https://www.hubblefoundation.org/>have also reached 
out to assist Waddell's widow, Cadie, and their five children. Both the 
Tower Family Foundation and the Hubble Foundation are dedicated in part 
to providing financial assistance and support to the families of tower 
workers injured or killed in tower-climbing mishaps. /-- Media accounts/
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73,
Tom, K3TW
Lecanto, FL