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Subject: ARLX007 2 meters a life saver
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 09:06:21 -0700
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SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX007
ARLX007 2 meters a life saver

ZCZC AX39
QST de W1AW
Special Bulletin 7  ARLX007
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  January 26, 1994
To all radio amateurs

SB SPCL ARL ARLX007
ARLX007 2 meters a life saver

2 meters a life saver

Amateur Radio may have saved a life when Diana Carlson, KC1SP, used
a local repeater to report a possible suicide attempt to police.

Carlson, of Hudson, New Hampshire, was on her way to work at GenRad
in Concord, Massachusetts, the morning of January 10, when she and
another motorist observed a man climbing the railing of the
Merrimack Bridge into the city.  The man's auto was parked directly
in front of Carlson.

While the other motorist talked to the man, Carlson first tried a
call on 146.52, which she knew was sometimes monitored by the
Westford, Massachusetts police, then switched to the 147.120
repeater in Billerica.  Larry Garneau, N1QEZ, who was mobile,
responded and passed the message to his wife, Virginia Garneau,
N1QFA, who telephoned police.

An officer of the Tyngsboro Police arrived in time to pull the
27-year-old man from the railing of the bridge.

Carlson's husband David is N1JYX, her son is KA1VWX, and her
daughter is KA1VUA.
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