> Subject: Rob Flickenger hospitalized. :-( > Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 15:03:53 -0800 > From: Schuyler Erle > > At about 8pm PST on Wed. Feb 20, our very own Rob Flickenger accidentally fell > from the roof of a two-story building, while attempting to set up a > point-to-point 802.11b link here in Sebastopol. He was immediately taken to the > hospital, where he was underwent surgery for severe internal injuries. He has > since been taken out of intensive care, and is in stable condition. Rob is > safe in the company of family and friends, and is expected to be released from > the hospital in a week or so. > > First, *please* be careful when doing this sort of field work. Our community > almost lost a brilliant contributor and advocate (and a great friend, to boot), > due to a simple accident. I really don't want to see this happen to anyone > else. I'll say it again: Please be careful when setting up antennas, et cetera. > No amount of bandwidth is worth your physical harm, so don't you be a martyr to > the cause! :-) > > Second, if you'd like to send cards or whatever, I'm sure Rob would be grateful > to hear from a community he's given so much to. He can be reached c/o O'Reilly > & Associates, 1005 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol, CA 95472. Feel free to be > creative, but please don't send antennas -- we don't want to encourage him any > further. ;-) > > Of course, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me or > Nate or Adam F., especially since Rob won't be answering his e-mail for a > little while. Please feel free to forward this news wherever you think it > appropriate. Thanks. >