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Power Struggle
Date: 11/13/2008 Album ID: 635994
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A Hiland Park man chains himself to his home's electricity meter to prevent Gulf Power from cutting his power and endangering his medically needy 5-year-old daughter's life.
After being out of a job for a year and nearly $2,000 behind on his electricity bill, Tony Duncan of Hiland Park chained himself to his home's electricity meter Thursday so that Gulf Power wouldn't turn off his power and potentially threaten the life of his adopted daughter. His daughter, Makayla, 5, was born with fetal alcohol syndrome, requiring the aid of a machine to breathe and electricity for several night-time monitors that prevent potentially deadly seizures as she sleeps. Gulf Power says the power will be cut at the utility pole at 11 a.m. today unless the bill is paid. They (Gulf Power) can cut the power off at the pole, but they won't be coming in the yard, Duncan said. (TERRY BARNER | The News Herald)
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Makayla Duncan, 5, was born with fetal alcohol syndrome and adopted by the Duncan's at 2 days old. She now needs electricity to run breathing machines and monitors which prevent potentially deadly seizures each night. (TERRY BARNER | The News Herald)
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Sunburned from spending Thursday outside chained to his electricity meter, Tony Duncan of Hiland Park, center, gets a brief visit from his adopted daughter Makayla, 5, left, and wife Kathy Duncan Thursday evening. (TERRY BARNER | The News Herald)
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After taking a bathroom break, Duncan wraps the chains around his chest and resumes his vigil at his power meter. His wife and others sit under the meter when he goes inside. The family says a Gulf Power truck has drove by and slowed several times, but not stopped and attempted to disconnect the power. (TERRY BARNER | The News Herald)
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After Makayla returned home from a day at Margaret K. Lewis School, her mother, Kathy Duncan, wheels her outside to see her father. (TERRY BARNER | The News Herald)
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