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Don’t let this happen to you hanging Christmas light or just climbing.

December 4, 2019 By Egberto Willies

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I’m leaving politics for a few minutes to post this basic human story. Don’t ruin your Christmas climbing without safety precautions. It could be fatal.

This story popped up in my feed. I figured we probably should get more people to see it. After all, a lot of folks are using their ladders more than usual around the holidays. So please be careful.

ABC13 reported the following

Texas dad dies after fall while hanging Christmas lights with son

 

RHOME, Texas (KTRK) — A Texas husband and father has died after he fell while hanging Christmas lights for a client over the weekend.

Felipe Gallegos ran a window washing business with his family, but in the winter, they hang lights.

On Saturday, Gallegos and his 17-year-old son were hanging lights at a home while his wife was in the front yard when something went wrong.

“He was on the roof, and then we heard something, and I got out and went over there and he was lying on the concrete, saying ‘Help me, help me,'” Gallegos’ widow Alisha Flick told WFAA. “So I called 911.”

Gallegos was taken to the emergency room. A cat scan came back showing he had a skull fracture, bleeding in the brain and a chest fracture, Flick explained.

“They rushed him into emergency surgery, but he didn’t make it,” she said. …

Flick said she’ll try to re-start the business, which was their only source of income.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help Gallegos’ family.

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About Egberto Willies

Egberto Willies is a political activist, author, political blogger, radio show host, business owner, software developer, web designer, and mechanical engineer in Kingwood, TX. He is an ardent Liberal that believes tolerance is essential. His favorite phrase is “political involvement should be a requirement for citizenship”. Willies is currently a contributing editor to DailyKos, OpEdNews, and several other Progressive sites. He was a frequent contributor to HuffPost Live. He won the 2nd CNN iReport Spirit Award and was the Pundit of the Week.

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