Shuttle Worker Falls to Death
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VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — An iron worker bolting a platform onto the 285-foot shuttle launch building fell 18 floors to his death in the fourth fatality involving a shuttle worker in less than five years, officials said today.
Carl Reich, 49, of Lompoc, a civilian iron worker, was working on an 18th-floor platform when he fell to the ground at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday.
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