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28 manager said if you have any question, let's stop and talk about it. The company has always been safety conscious. That's why I'm sort of ashamed I fell off the ladder. I wouldn't have done that at work and I shouldn't have done it at home." Williamson adds that the National Carbon Capture Center "is probably the top-of-the-line place and people I've ever worked with." A longtime co-worker called Williamson during his rehab to check on his status. "He said, 'Let me tell you, there's lots of people who care for you down at Wilsonville.' And I said, 'They sure have been good to me.' He said, 'You know why they're good to you? You've been good to them.'" The same can be said of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 2077, which Williamson joined on "Day 1" of his career with Alabama Power. He is the oldest worker at Gaston Steam Plant. Williamson is "a big Alabama fan," with Roll Tide in red metal letters on the side of the Butler building, IM4TIDE on his license plate, a University of Alabama flag flying overhead and lots of UA memorabilia throughout the house and garage interspersed with miniature model motorcycles and sports cars. But he has nothing against Auburn – daughter Brooke is a graduate – or other Bama sports rivals. He just decided long ago he'd cast his lot with the teams from Tuscaloosa. Williamson said he's "sort of in the fourth quarter" of life but he's not ready to retire. "My wife has left it up to me," he said in August, showing off his five-diamond APC lapel pin. "I know I could retire today. But with all of this happening to me, God doing everything to help me through, people are telling me he's got something else planned for me." By Chuck Chandler The Corvettes are normally stored beneath layers of comforters.

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