[SixClub] W5TFW injured in tower accident

[John Carson]

Ditto from here Richard.

Thanks for tending the store while Joey recoups...
Perhap the solar activity will be picking up when Joey
is back up and around!

Our best thoughts for a speedy recovery Joey!

73de kd5srw / John

--- Bob Austin <o1kingfish at triad.rr.com> wrote:

> Take care of the KIDD man!  We appreciate you effort
> Richard.   Bob/KG4YOU
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard E. Teague" <k5btp at cox.net>
> To: "'World Wide Six Meter Club'"
> <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 3:19 AM
> Subject: [SixClub] W5TFW injured in tower accident
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >
> > Joey's injuries are NOT life threatening, but he
> is in the hospital 
> > tonight
> > with a broken ankle which will require surgery to
> repair.
> >
> > This afternoon while taking down a tower, one of
> the tower legs broke and 
> > the
> > tower collapsed with Joey on it.  He was about 30
> feet up.  When the tower
> > reached about a 45 degree inclination he jumped
> free of it and landed on
> > his back, then the tower landed across hid chest.
> Fortunately the top of 
> > the
> > tower hit a barbed wire fence first and broke 2
> strands of wire before it 
> > hit
> > Joey. At about 15:30 CDT he was transported to
> Baton Rouge General 
> > Hospital
> > Mid-City. After numerous x-rays and a CT scan, the
> doctors are convinced 
> > that he
> > has no serious internal injuries and no neck and
> back problems. He will 
> > undergo
> > surgery tomorrow to repair the ankle.
> >
> > I don't know yet how long he will be in the
> hospital. He will probably not 
> > be
> > able to return to the list for at least a week,
> maybe longer. In the 
> > interim,
> > I will try to keep an eye on the list to answer
> moderator requests and 
> > help out.
> > As soon as he feels like dealing with it, I will
> bring him a laptop with a
> > wireless connection and an HT :)
> >
> >
> > 73
> > Richard  K5BTP
> >
> >
> >
>
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