"Savageduck" wrote in message
news:2016120421373621357-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom...
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> I made a search for TV towers and I believe I have found your tower and
> the balloon incident. It looks to be the Donautum or Danube tower in
> Vienna, Austria. It opened in April 1964.
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> The balloon accident happened in June 1968. An American balloonist,
> Francis Shields died, the other two fatalities were Austrian.
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donauturm>
Thanks again. I knew it had to be 1959 or later because the dead were
covered with a 50-star flag.
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