[PPRAANet] Rohn 25G Tower Climber Killed

[Ray Uberecken]

I agree to send $100.00 to help the family.

Ray AA0L

On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 3:03 PM K3ILC <je_madsen at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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/
> //
> 73,
> Tom, K3TW
> Lecanto, FL
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