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Maryann Kilgallon, a UCF Incubation Program client and business founder, heard a harrowing story about a Duke Energy employee — the kind of story her company’s product was designed to avert.
"This man, John, was on assignment in Puerto Rico, cutting down trees for a power-related project. He was working alone when a tree fell backwards, hit him, and pushed him over the side of a mountain. His radio was in his truck, so even though he was alive, he had no way to call for help,” said Kilgallon.
The end of his shift came and went with no sign of him, so his supervisor drove to the site to look for him. By the time he was discovered and rescued, many hours had passed.
