Felipe Gallegos ran a window washing business with his family, but in the winter, they hang lights.
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On Saturday, Gallegos and his 17-year-old son were hanging lights at a home while his wife was in the front yard when something went wrong.
"He was on the roof, and then we heard something, and I got out and went over there and he was lying on the concrete, saying 'Help me, help me,'" Gallegos' widow Alisha Flick told WFAA. "So I called 911."
Gallegos was taken to the emergency room. A cat scan came back showing he had a skull fracture, bleeding in the brain and a chest fracture, Flick explained.
"They rushed him into emergency surgery, but he didn't make it," she said.
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Now, Flick is trying to move forward just before Christmas and remember the great things about her husband, whom she met 22 years ago.
"He always had a smile on his face, and he was always goofy and making everybody laugh," she said.
Flick said she'll try to re-start the business, which was their only source of income.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to help Gallegos' family.