
A Current Affair host Ally Langdon has broken down in tears while interviewing the widow of a tradie who fell to his death - leaving behind two children.
Kiara Dean’s husband Tyler died in a workplace accident earlier in January, after falling from a roof while working just down the road.
He was just 34.
Speaking on the program on Wednesday, Ms Dean recalled the heartbreaking moment police and paramedics were “everywhere” after the fall.
“I knew Tyler was working in the street, so I just straight away called him,” she said.
“He didn’t answer.
“I tried to call again - he didn’t answer.
After pulling over, Ms Dean said she saw her husband’s truck in a driveway where emergency services were gathered.


It was then she knew something was seriously wrong.
“They just kept saying ‘he’s had a really bad accident,’” Ms Dean said.
Tyler was placed on life support at Westmead Hospital, with doctors telling Ms Dean her husband had suffered a catastrophic brain injury from the fall.
Host Ally Langdon became visibly emotional as Ms Dean described doctors telling her the injury was “inoperable” and “unsurviveable”.
“I just started screaming ‘no, no,’” Ms Dean said.
The program delved deep into Kiara and Tyler’s marriage - showing family photos of the tradie playing with his two boys and video of the pair’s wedding.
Ms Dean told the program an ICU doctor who lived at the home where Tyler was working immediately started CPR after the fall.

“If he wasn’t kept breathing by that man - which was by pure coincidence - there would have been no organ donation,” she said.
“There would have been no time to say goodbye in hospital.”
Ms Langdon noted: “You got 48 hours to be by his side?”
“Yeah, yeah,” Ms Dean replied, adding she slept next to her husband in the hospital and held his hand.

“Just being able to hold him, hold his hand... I’ll always be really grateful for that time.”
Tyler was a registered donor and had spoken to his wife about his wishes.
Ms Langdon ran through how Tyler’s organs had given others a new chance at life - including how a 57-year-old man received his heart and a 63-year-old man received his lungs.
Tyler’s right kidney was given to a girl, 17, and a woman received his left kidney and pancreas.
A portion of his liver went to a 53-year-old woman and a portion of his liver went to a 9-year-old girl.
“He did all of that,” Ms Langdon explained.
“In a way... he does live on, in six other beautiful humans, who have been given a second chance.”

Ms Dean said she would tell her boys about how involved their father was in their lives as they grew up.
“I want them to know that he loved me a lot, and he loved them a lot, and he was very proud,” she tearfully said.
A GoFundMe has been set up for the family on behalf of Ms Dean’s friend Sheridan Teuma.
“Tyler was an incredibly hard worker, a deeply loving husband and an extraordinary father,” she wrote on the fundraiser, which has raised $288,490 of its $300,000 goal.
“Everything he did was for his family. He worked tirelessly to build a secure, stable and rewarding future for Kiara and their boys.
“One filled with love, opportunity, and presence.
“That life and those dreams have been tragically cut short.”
Ms Teuma described Tyler as a “truly wonderful person who was loved by so many”.
“He was generous, funny, kind and endlessly supportive to everyone around him. He has left an immeasurable hole in the lives of his family, friends, and community. He will be missed forever,” she continued.
Originally published as A Current Affair host Ally Langdon breaks down during interview with widow of roof tiler who fell to his death
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