Climbers to get their day in the sun
NBC's "Dateline" to explore the perilous world of tower dogs on July 21
July 16, 2008 - NBC's "Dateline Presents" says it will take "a
never-before-seen journey into the hazardous world of the tower climbers who
work on the
frontlines of America's high-tech communications system."
The program, "Tower Dogs," will air on Monday, July 21 at 10:00 PM/ET.
The hour-long broadcast is expected to give an up close and personal
no-holds-barred look at tower dogs' lives - up in the air and on the ground.
"We experience their on-the-job tension and watch them work hard, play hard,
and mourn when they lose one of their own," NBC said in a press release.
In a twist on all the dangerous-job programs that solely feature males,
typically narrated with muscular prose, "Tower Dogs" follows an unusual tower
crew boss: a woman named Nikki Collins, a single mom, former cheerleader, and
the person keeping her tough-guy charges in one piece.
Although there has been a noted increase in tower construction company
owners and _climbers that are women_
(http://www.wirelessestimator.com/t_content.cfm?pagename=Women Climbers) , they
are in a small minority in a predominately
male profession.
The "Dateline" team worked for four months documenting this group of tower
climbers as they worked their way through 40 towns and cities in 24 states.
During this time there were seven fatalities nationwide, including five deaths
in a 12-day period in April. Please see: _National exposure long overdue,
say many_ (http://www.wirelessestimator.com/t_content.cfm?pagename=Tower Dogs)
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