Subject: [NEXTEL-1] HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -Spectrasite Tower Collapses Durning "Beef-Up"

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 18:17:43 -0400

Spectrasite Tower Collapses Durning "Beef-Up"

TV Tower Collapses Killing Two People
WSFA-TV AL.

Two men were killed and a third injured Thursday
afternoon when a television tower they were working
on collapsed in Huntsville. Huntsville police
spokesman Wendell Johnson said the three men
were several hundred feet up into the 985 feet high
tower when it collapsed. The cause of the accident
was under investigation.

The weather was calm and not believed to be a factor
in the collapse. Two of the men were found crushed
in the rubble of the tower and the third was critically
injured. Witnesses said the three were tied to
positions in the tower and unable to escape. Johnson
said the three men were not employees of the
station, WAAY. He said the three had been hired to
strengthen the tower on Monte Sano, a mountain
overlooking the city, when the 1 p.m. accident
occurred

http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=1429337&nav=0RdEHosi
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2 Dead, 1 Hurt in Ala. TV Tower Collapse
By Associated Press

September 4, 2003, 4:19 PM EDT
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- A television tower undergoing repairs collapsed Thursday,
killing two men who were several hundred feet up. A third man was critically
injured.

Witnesses said the three workers were tied to positions on the 985-foot tower and
unable to escape.
The cause of the accident was under investigation. The weather was calm at the
time.
Police spokesman Wendell Johnson said the three men had been hired to strengthen
the tower on Monte Sano, a mountain overlooking Huntsville, and were not employees
of the station, WAAY.

 http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-tv-tower-collapse,0,524805.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

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