[CQ-Contest] KB4HQA in Dayton Hospital ICU

Zack Widup w9sz.zack at gmail.com
Tue May 22 09:57:45 PDT 2012


I met Tom and spent some time talking to him in the SMC suite. This is very
sad news. I hope he recovers, and soon.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Tim Duffy K3LR <k3lr at k3lr.com> wrote:

> Many of you saw and or met Tom, KB4HQA this weekend in Dayton at the Crowne
> Plaza.  He is an awesome guy, a great friend and is a behind the scenes
> superstar for contesting. He was the brain power and hardware supplier for
> the contest web cam from the Crowne Plaza that many watched who could not
> attend Dayton.
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> On the way to the airport Sunday morning Tom was in a terrible car crash.
> He
> is now in ICU with a broken neck and a broken shoulder. His blood pressure
> was critically low yesterday after surgery - so that is why they are
> keeping
> him in ICU. There is no nerve damage. After a long hospital stay and a ton
> of rehab - he should be OK.
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> I talked to Tom today (he is in tremendous pain) and all he wanted to tell
> me was that he is sorry for the delays in getting the video recordings from
> the weekend posted for guys to watch. Tom is always thinking of others.
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> Please keep Tom in your prayers.
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> Cards (to KB4HQA address on qrz.com) and email well wishes encouraged -
> kb4hqa at hqaradio.com
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> Tim K3LR
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