Corey Glasgow, who fell 20 feet from a tree stand in February, recovers at Allegheny General Hospital after a three-hour surgery. Submitted photo

Many would say a Karns City man is lucky to be alive, much less up and walking, after a 20-foot free fall, but his family attributes his condition to the power of prayer.

Don Glasgow of Oakland Township needed to retrieve a tree stand from his sister’s place on Pine Tract Road in Center Township on Feb. 18 because the property was about to be sold.

But due to a recent shoulder surgery, Glasgow had to ask his son, Corey, 33, to climb the tree and get the tree stand.

“My arm was in a sling and I couldn’t help,” Glasgow said.

As Corey worked to release the stand from the tree, a strap that holds the seat onto the tree gave way, and Don Glasgow watched in horror as his son plummeted 20 feet to the ground.

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