W. Glen Anderson saved Glenn C. Palmer from a fall, Ogden, Utah. May 8, 1941. Glenn, 16, schoolboy, climbed up a ladder on a tower of steel framework and got onto a latticed steel cross-arm that extended six feet from the tower and was two feet square and 50 feet above the ground. He came into contact with a wire that was five and a half feet above the cross-arm and that carried 25,000 volts of electricity. Shocked into unconsciousness, he fell onto the cross-arm, being free of the wire; and then one foot becoming wedged in the cross-arm, he hung head down and was motionless. From the ground Anderson, 17, schoolboy, climbed up the ladder and got onto the cross-arm. Meanwhile the current was shut off, but he did not know it. Glenn began to move and to call incoherently. Sitting astride a beam of the cross-arm, Anderson worked his way four feet from the tower to Glenn. Bracing his feet on the framework of the cross-arm, with effort he tried to pull Glenn up onto the cross-arm. He nearly lost his balance, and Glenn began to slip. Anderson got a firm hold on Glenn and held him for several minutes. With great effort he then raised Glenn somewhat, got hold of his belt, and pulled him to a sitting position on the cross-arm. Glenn put his arms around Anderson’s arms, but Anderson broke his hold. Anderson then worked his way backward and pulled Glenn to the tower, where he held him against a leg of the tower. Glenn flailed violently with his arms and struck Anderson several times. Tiring, Anderson called for help. He had been with Glenn for 20 minutes. Another boy took a coiled rope up the ladder to Anderson. Glenn kept striking Anderson, causing his nose to bleed. Anderson with the rope tied Glenn’s arm to the tower. Two firemen then reached the tower and climbed up the ladder. Anderson removed the rope from around Glenn, who again struck him several times; and then he tied an end of the rope around Glenn and lowered him ten feet to the firemen, who took charge of lowering him to the ground. Anderson and the other boy descended the ladder. Glenn sustained serious burns but recovered. Anderson was highly nervous and greatly fatigued and sustained bruises and scratches. 39312-3282
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