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Denver International Airport Worker On Airport's $50 Million Flood: ‘I Was In Crisis Mode'

Robert Wilson discovered the leak in December.

By Brian Maass, CBS Denver:


DENVER (CBS4) – When Robert Wilson, 64, a heating and air conditioning technician at Denver International Airport, reported for his graveyard shift at 8:30 p.m. on Dec. 5. He may have thought it would be a normal night. It was anything but, as two hours into his shift, he noticed a big problem with DIA’s hot water system.

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“I noticed the pressure had dropped,” Wilson told CBS4. At about 10:30 p.m., he and other DIA employees began running diagnostic tests. He quickly arrived at an ominous conclusion.

“This was a really big leak and .. I need to go locate it.”

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