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Brain Wars: Jose Barco
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Despite brain trauma, he pestered his doctors to declare him fit for duty
FRONTLINE explores and illuminates the critical issues of our times - from business and health to social issues, politics and war.
Video description: To satisfy the ever-increasing demand for cell phone service, tower climbers install and service cell antennas, a job that requires them to ascend hundreds of feet. Across the country, some of these workers have fallen to their deaths from cell phone towers. FRONTLINE and ProPublica investigate this hidden and deadly cost of the smartphone revolution.
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