Cheating Death

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I cheated death but not in a car. I was working at a substation for the power company. I am still working for same company. It was Jan 6, 1993 late afternoon we were working on a denergized 12,000 volt breaker. After all of the work was finished and tests were done it was around 6 pm. We came out of a flourescent lit building to button everything up. My partner went to our truck and the other two went to theirs to get some tools to finish. When I arrived at the bottom of the breaker that I THOUGHT I had been climbing all afternoon. I was 9 1/2 feet to the left and climbed to the top of an energized 12,000 breaker. That is when all hell broke loose. After 93 days in the burn center, 15 surgeries and a about 6 months of rehab. I am back at work. The final result- amputation of R-hand, L arm to shoulder, 4th and 5th toes of R foot and finally a 6 x 9 burn to my left thigh. I even got married while I was in hospital. We were going to get married in May of that year anyway. I also have 2 great children 12 and 7. Divorced after the workman's comp checks stopped coming and her free ride was over. I am still a car buff. I own a 69 w/454 and every chance I get, I will go show it and raise cane on the way there and back. So for now it is my kids, myself and my 69, we are fine!!!!

What a story ratfed! You're an ispiration