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State's Top Linemen Put Skills To Test
Posted November 12, 2003 5:08 a.m. EST
RALEIGH, N.C. — They usually shimmy up poles to get your power running during disasters, but on Wednesday, the state's top linemen put their life-saving skills to the test.
Twenty-five electrical workers participated in this year's Poletop Rescue Championship at Triangle Town Center.
The competition tests their ability to save a fellow worker, who is shocked atop a utility pole.
Leonard Person of Wayne County took away this year's top prize.
