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The UFW mourns the one-year anniversary of the heat death of Audon Felix
07/08/2009


Audon Felix Garcia, 42, died July 9, 2008 while working for Sunview Vineyards in Arvin. After loading grapes in 108 degree temperatures, Audon & a coworker were driving the fruit to a cold storage facility when he collapsed. The co-worker called  911 but when the ambulance arrived, Audon was not breathing. He died at the hospital where his body temperature was recorded at 108 degrees. Audon was married and the father of 3 children.