No one was killed UNDER the tower, but several riggers fell one thousand
feet to their deaths when the failure occurred during erection of the
antenna section. What a quagmire of shirked responsibilities - VERY
interesting web site. Thanks Scott.
Frank T. Brady W0ECS
>This morning while using Alta Vista to search on the web, I found a very
>interesting story with pictures and mpeg movies, dealing with ethical issues
>of engineers and erecting a tower.
>
>Everyone should check this url out! The pictures are incredible !!
>
>http://ethics.tamu.edu/ethics/tvtower/tv3.htm
>
>Glad I wasn't under that sucker when it fell!!!!
>
>Scott
>KA1CLX
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