•July 27, 2022•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer

The headline read: “5 workers electrocuted while hanging gutter at LaSalle County home.”
Not our headline, mind you.
My first thoughts were: I wonder whether that many people have died in one electrical accident before; what a tragedy for that town; whether there are any connections to our coverage area.
A couple of paragraphs in I learned that none of the five workers — who were standing on aluminum ladders and holding the aluminum gutter when it came into contact with the power line — had died.
In addition to receiving a tremendous shock, all of them fell about 25 feet. Still, none of them died.
It’s a miracle. And I wish them all well in their recovery.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.