Jason called this morning to let me know that they have lost another brother and again this one was not job related. One of the safety directors had a heart attack in his hotel room and when he didn't call or report to work, one of the supervisors had to go check on him. By the time he got to the hotel, the safety director was already cold. He was 47 years old and has 2 children back in Youngstown, OH. Jason has known this man for 4 years and even had lunch with him a few days ago. The guy told Jason at lunch that his chest was hurting, but figured it was because he'd smoked so much the day before. Little did anyone know that he'd probably been having his heart attack for a few days. Everyone on storm with this company donated an hour of their storm work time to the family.
Jason said that his crew is on stand-by and it sounds like they are on their way to Meridian, Mississippi. They will wait out Hurricane Ike there and then more than likely head out to where they are needed next. I honestly don't see them coming home before Ike, but in this line of work, you truly never know.
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