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Wallace the Brave by Will Henry for February 22, 2025
February 21, 2025
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My college had an AM radio station, and there was a 500 foot radio tower on the west side of the campus. At its peak was a flashing red warning light so that aircraft would not fly into it. The warning light was actually two huge bulbs so that when one burned out, the other would still warn aircraft of the tower.
The radio station manager was a chubby middle aged man, and all the rest of the staff, announcers and engineers, were students with campus jobs. When that one bulb burned out, a student engineer would be assigned to climb the tower and change both bulbs. This was so the time for the bulbs to be lit wold be as long as possible. My roommate was one of the engineers.
One day, a bulb burned out and a student was assigned to change it. He got about halfway up and froze. The station manager (SM) went to climb up and rescue him. This was done by the SM climbing up until he was right behind the student, but one rung lower. Then he would pull the students hand off the rung and down one, which the student would grab. Then he would go down and pull the corresponding foot off and down. Then up for the other hand, and down for the other foot. Repeat until they were back on the ground.
I wonder if someone will rescue Collin the same way.