[TowerTalk] tower fatality

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And looks like a hinged base? 

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> On Jun 16, 2019, at 10:30 AM, Steve Lott <lottsphoto at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Saw this yesterday
> 
> But zero details
> would love to learn exactly what happen and more importantly the why
> learning the cause of accidents helps those of us still around from
> committing the same mistake
> 
> Immediate questions like was there other guy wires already attached
> or did the climber pull the tower over attaching the first guy wire etc etc
> 
> it appears it have been rohn 25g
> was it 25g ?
> what was the height ?
> was this the first set of guys being installed or ?
> was there a ground observer/helper ?
> 
> Steve
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> 
> On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 9:24 AM Jon Zaimes via TowerTalk <
> towertalk at contesting.com> wrote:
> 
>> Sad news:
>> 
>> https://wnep.com/2019/06/14/one-dead-after-tower-collapse-in-susquehanna-cou
>> nty/
>> <https://wnep.com/2019/06/14/one-dead-after-tower-collapse-in-susquehanna-county/>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 73/Jon
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Jon P. Zaimes, AA1K
>> 
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>> 
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