UPDATE @ 2:35 p.m.
Marcus Goffena was in Florida to help repair towers that were damaged by Hurricane Irma, his relatives said.
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“That was just the way he was. He wanted to get there to help out,” Marcus’ father told this news outlet during a phone interview Thursday afternoon.
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His mother added: “He loved what he was doing, he was really proud of what he was doing.”
Goffena started working for the Texas-based Tower King II, a company that performs maintenance and construction of large broadcast towers, about six years ago, but he and his family knew the dangers of his job, they said.
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“It’s scary ... every time he’s up in the air,” his mother said. “We knew that. We knew it was a dangerous job.”
Goffena’s father said he was notified of his son’s death from the owner of Tower King II Wednesday.
“[I felt] disbelief. I couldn’t believe it was true,” his mother said.
Goffena’s family said his job took him all over the county, but he was very family-oriented, and loved coming back to Sidney to spend time with his family.
“He loved to live life to the fullest. He always had a smile on his face,” his mother said.
Goffena’s autopsy was scheduled to be completed today, and funeral arraignments were still pending, his parents said.
UPDATE @ 11:45 a.m.
Family members have confirmed Marcus Goffena, 31, of Sidney is one of the three victims killed in a Florida scaffolding accident Wednesday.
FIRST REPORT
A Sidney man was killed in a scaffolding accident at a TV tower in Miami, Fla. Wednesday.
Sidney City Schools Superintendent John Scheu confirmed to this news outlet one of the three people killed in the accident yesterday was a graduate of Sidney High School.
This news outlet is withholding publishing the victim’s name until we’ve confirmed the next of kin have been notified.
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According to the Associated Press, three men died after the scaffolding they used to reach the top of a 100-story tall transmission tower collapsed.
Officials told the AP, the tower transmits signals for two stations in Miami, WPLG and WSVN. The men were contract workers for a Texas-basked company, Tower King II, that builds and maintains television antennas.
FCC Antenna Tower Registration records say the 1,032-foot tower was built in 2009 and is owned by Miami Tower, LLC.
WSVN owner and president Edmund Ansin said in a statement to the AP that the men were performing work required by the FCC.
We’ll update this page as new details become available.
