[BC] Two Clear Channel workers fall from a Denver radio tower

[wmroradio at bellsouth.net]

I've been 40' up my tower without belts, I got afraid and came down quickly, as I'm scared of heights. Hope those guys recover from the fall and not get hurt again. I don't wish that bad luck on anybody.

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Scott Bailey
President/General Manager
WMRO-AM, Magic 1560
Gallatin, TN

  
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From: "Scott Cason" <scott at lagrange-com.com>
>
> "In what is being called an "industrial accident," two men working on a
> radio tower owned by Clear Channel fell 30 feet when the cable supporting
> them became disconnected. Denver's KMGH-TV reports "The men were suspended
> above the ground from a cable that was attached to the tower above them. The
> other end of the cable was connected to a winch on the ground but a cable on
> that winch came loose and the two fell to the concrete below." Both men,
> identified as 48-year old Charles Lovell of Denver and 24-year old Peder
> Mork, were airlifted to a Denver hospital. They are expected to recover."
> 
> Guess it's a good thing they were 30 feet and not 300.
> 
> Scott Cason
> LaGrange Communications
> www.lagrange-com.com
> 
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