AN ACR WDB ACFT UNDER TOW; INOP APU AND #1 ENG RUNNING FOR ELECTRICAL AND HYD PWR. TUG TOWING ACFT STOPPED WHEN SEEING WING WALKER HIT BY BAGGAGE TUG. WING WALKER MECH INJURED.

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AS WE WERE BEING TOWED IN TO THE GATE; MECH ADVISED ME ON INTERCOM; AS WE STOPPED WELL SHORT OF THE GATE; TO SET BRAKES; WHICH I DID. FURTHER ADVISED ME THAT ANOTHER MECH; WHO WAS WALKING MY L WINGTIP; HAD BEEN STRUCK BY A TUG PULLING 6 BAGGAGE CARTS. I LOOKED OUT MY L SIDE AND SAW HIM LAYING ON THE GND AND OTHER PERSONNEL ALREADY AT HIS SIDE TO HELP. BECAUSE MY APU WAS INOP; I HAD #1 ENG RUNNING PER SOP. A FEW MINS LATER MECH WANTED TO RESUME THE TOW INTO THE GATE. I REFUSED; REMINDING HIM THAT #1 ENG WAS RUNNING AND THAT IT WOULD PASS OVER THE PEOPLE AROUND THE VICTIM WHO WAS STILL LAYING ON THE GND. AFTER GETTING CLRNC FROM MECHS; I SPOOLED UP #1 SLIGHTLY (32% N1) TO GET THE PNEUMATIC PRESSURE REQUIRED AND STARTED #4 ENG. THEN SHUT DOWN #1 ENG AND COMPLETED TOW IN TO GATE. THERE WAS LACK OF COORD AMONG RAMP PEOPLE WITH 1 MECH GIVING ME HAND SIGNAL TO CUT #1 ENG. HE PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW I HAD NO APU. I DIDN'T WANT TO BE TOTALLY DEAD WITH NO ELECTRICS; NO PNEUMATICS; AND ESPECIALLY NO HYDS. I ESTIMATE #1 ENG INLET APPROX 40 FT FROM PERSONNEL ON RAMP. VICTIM HAD NO BROKEN BONES AND RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL THE NEXT AFTERNOON; SO I WAS TOLD. VERY LUCKY FELLA.