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Slriff Photo*- by Jim CochranVOLUNTEERS TRY TO FREE AIRMAN PINNED BY CRANE. . . John Barbour equipment credited with saving*Crane traps airmanOperator freed after more*? av'wnhourBy ALEX MILLS Staff WriterA SHEPPARD AFP sergeant A'as pinned under a 20-ton erane for about an liour Thursday morn in::.Sgt. Robert Hudson, 21, was taken to Sheppard A V H RegionaUInspita] after about,20 rescue 'workers freed him from beneath the massive crane at 11:40 a.m.HUDSON AND several other airmen were moving dirt onto a baffle, a moucid of dirt separating rifle ranges to keep bullets from richoceting, at the Nation-al Guard Rifle Range a fewmiles north of Wichita Fall:;.One airman said Hudson was operating the crane, when it. began to shake and fell abouto10:45 a.m. He said Hudson was tunned between the er^ie and the soft dirt which the crane hadbeen digging in.IF HUDSON had not been trapped in the soft soil, he would have been crushed, the airman said.One Air Force spokesman said the baffles have to be high and Hudson was replacing dirt, that had settled.lt;THREE heavy trucks from John Barbour Trucking Co. in.Iowa Park, rescue units from the Wichita, Falls Fire Department. and Sheppard, ambulances ironi Gold Gross ami Sheppard and a welder from Bill GilmoreShop £ Field Welding arrived atthe seepe b help free the 21*Yen!'-ohj airman.».The wddcr cut a cable connecting the crane to the cab. Two Barbour trucks picked up tlm mb portion of the crane while rescue workers dug fran-timllv to free. Hudson.«'Once free, Hudson was placed on a stretcher and rushed to Sheppard AFB Hospital where be was said to be conscious and being treated for Ids injuries.ROBERT HUDSON FREED AFTER HOUR-LONG ORDEAL. . . 2-1-year-old crane ,operator carried to waiting ambulance
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Wichita Falls Times
Wichita Falls, Texas, US
Thu, Jan 16, 1975
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