Editor’s Note: KOIN 6 News anchorman Jeff Gianola will retire around Thanksgiving 2025 after more than 40 years as a Portland journalist. In this series, Jeff looks back at some of the most memorable stories he’s covered and shared.
This story, which earned an award from the Associated Press, originally aired in 2010.
AUMSVILLE, Ore. (KOIN) — In March 2009, Steve Keudel was using a basket attached to a forklift to cut some limbs on trees at his farm in Aumsville. He was standing in the basket attached to a forklift when, suddenly, a downed limb clipped the power line…