MAN DOWN IN TOWER 5
“This is Tower Sandblasting in Area Y! We have a man who’s fallen into water tank #5, and we need someone to come get him out before he dies!”
That call was transmitted to B-Platoon, the shift of firefighters on duty at the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant (LAAP), at 1720 hours on January 17, 1989. What followed was an incident that tested our creativity and our preparedness for effective response to unusual incidents.
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