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Name: Anthony “Tony” Lynn Grider
Rank: Captain
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 16
Date of Incident: 08/21/2014
Time of Incident: 1130hrs
Date of Death: 09/20/2014
Fire Department: Campbellsville Fire-Rescue Department
Address: 100 W Broadway St, Campbellsville, KY 42718
Fire Department Chief: Kyle Smith
Incident Description: Captain Grider succumbed to injuries sustained 30 days earlier when he received a high-voltage electric shock during an "ALS ice water challenge" at Campbellsville University. Grider and a second firefighter, who has since been released from the hospital and is recovering from his injuries, were both injured in the bucket of an aerial ladder truck when, according to reports, energy from a nearby power line arced to the bucket.
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