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A 52-year-old ham radio operator in Athol lost several fingers and one of his hands Thursday when his amateur radio antenna tower collapsed on him while he was working on it.
Multiple agencies responded to Bearpaw Galindo's home on Caravelle Road after his wife, Gail Perry, phoned 911 and informed a dispatcher the man was hanging 20 feet in the air with his right arm pinned within a telescoping-type tower.
Perry said Galindo was repairing a portion of the 40-foot-tall telescoping tower, when a cable holding it up snapped and caused the top portions of the tower to collapse on his hands.
"I saw his fingers fly off of his right hand," Perry told The Press. "I never want to see something like that again."
According to a press release from the Timberlake Fire Protection District, crews were dispatched to the scene at 11:58 a.m., and proceeded to raise the tower in an effort to free Galindo's arm. After 20 minutes, the man was extricated and lowered to the ground.
Galindo was trapped for a total of 45 minutes
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"I can't say anything better about them," Perry said of the emergency responders. "They were awesome." Galindo was then transported by Life Flight to Kootenai Health.
Doctors told Perry her husband was in critical condition early Thursday evening. At 3 p.m., Galindo was taken into surgery, where doctors performed a partial amputation on his left hand and a full amputation on the right. Perry said doctors estimated the surgery would last more than four hours.
"They (doctors) said that he will be in the hospital for quite a few days," Perry said.
Link (http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?424948-Ham-radio-operator-looses-hand-and-fingers-in-tower-accident)
I think that CW is going to be off the table for a while and the VOX is going to get a lot of use!
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W2NAP
02-20-2014, 02:36 AM
wow....
KC2UGV
02-20-2014, 07:25 AM
Darwin award?
You NEVER stick an extremity through something that could move like that... These are the same people who stick their arms into a snowblower to clear it.
K7SGJ
02-20-2014, 09:16 AM
Darwin award?
You NEVER stick an extremity through something that could move like that... These are the same people who stick their arms into a snowblower to clear it.
I saw a documentary about that. It was called Fargo.
Darwin award?
You NEVER stick an extremity through something that could move like that... These are the same people who stick their arms into a snowblower to clear it.
You never climb a crank-up tower unless it's fully retracted either.
WØTKX
02-20-2014, 02:05 PM
I saw a documentary about that. It was called Fargo.
Noper, it was the wood chipper, eh.
K7SGJ
02-20-2014, 02:17 PM
Noper, it was the wood chipper, eh.
Oh.....that's right. You win two pieces of thin sliced Canadian bacon drenched in that funny syrup.
WØTKX
02-20-2014, 02:58 PM
I'm from Minnesota, and would prefer Spam and Eggs.
K7SGJ
02-20-2014, 05:30 PM
I'm from Minnesota, and would prefer Spam and Eggs.
No problem. The chickens out back are working on the eggs, and I've posted your email address all over the web, and gave it to Target as well. The spam should be rolling in shortly.
kb2vxa
02-21-2014, 12:02 PM
Dear Bearpaw,
The Tribal Elders held council and are in unanimous agreement you have disgraced all Native Americans with your recent display of White Man stupidity. You are like his government that has enacted Daylight Saving Time and our description of it, thinking they can cut the top off a blanket and sew it to the bottom thinking they have a bigger blanket. For this reason we hereby revoke your casino privileges so should you enter security shall remove you. You are also barred from entering upon our sacred land and shall likewise be removed by Tribal Police. We no longer recognize you as one of us and will not speak your middle name, you are 100% White Man true to the name of your village, Athol spoken with a lisp. We are not entirely heartless, get well soon and good luck with your electrical smoke signals.
Most sincerely but not yours truly,
Chief Running Bear Cartman
You will respect my authoritaaay.
W9JEF
04-07-2014, 11:21 AM
A 52-year-old ham radio operator in Athol lost several fingers and one of his hands Thursday when his amateur radio antenna tower collapsed on him while he was working on it.
Multiple agencies responded to Bearpaw Galindo's home on Caravelle Road after his wife, Gail Perry, phoned 911 and informed a dispatcher the man was hanging 20 feet in the air with his right arm pinned within a telescoping-type tower.
Perry said Galindo was repairing a portion of the 40-foot-tall telescoping tower, when a cable holding it up snapped and caused the top portions of the tower to collapse on his hands.
"I saw his fingers fly off of his right hand," Perry told The Press. "I never want to see something like that again."
According to a press release from the Timberlake Fire Protection District, crews were dispatched to the scene at 11:58 a.m., and proceeded to raise the tower in an effort to free Galindo's arm. After 20 minutes, the man was extricated and lowered to the ground.
Galindo was trapped for a total of 45 minutes
.
"I can't say anything better about them," Perry said of the emergency responders. "They were awesome." Galindo was then transported by Life Flight to Kootenai Health.
Doctors told Perry her husband was in critical condition early Thursday evening. At 3 p.m., Galindo was taken into surgery, where doctors performed a partial amputation on his left hand and a full amputation on the right. Perry said doctors estimated the surgery would last more than four hours.
"They (doctors) said that he will be in the hospital for quite a few days," Perry said.
Link (http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?424948-Ham-radio-operator-looses-hand-and-fingers-in-tower-accident)
I think that CW is going to be off the table for a while
and the VOX is going to get a lot of use!
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A person's reaction to a tragedy that happens to another says a lot about that person.
w6tmi
04-07-2014, 02:43 PM
A person's reaction to a tragedy that happens to another says a lot about that person.
Agree, you guys are really going to make fun of this guy that might even be on this site for all you know?
W9JEF
05-05-2014, 04:45 PM
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Horse_with_swishy_tail.jpg
KC2UGV
05-05-2014, 07:21 PM
http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MTG-ThreadNecromancer_3198.jpg
WØTKX
05-05-2014, 08:21 PM
http://www.protias.com/Pictures/Thread/Thread-Crap-Forget.jpg
"I saw his fingers fly off of his right hand," Perry told The Press. "I never want to see something like that again."
...i dont think she will be seeing that again. He only had ten of them.
"I saw his fingers fly off of his right hand," Perry told The Press. "I never want to see something like that again."
...i dont think she will be seeing that again. He only had ten of them.Then she'd better not be watching a certain "Kayak dot com" commercial... and if you know which one I mean, please, don't post a link to it.
I am not aware of it, so we're safe.
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