Silver Bridge Disaster Only A Scar Remains 1992 WCHS

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It was rush hour, a mere 10 days from Christmas, when tragedy struck the small town of Point Pleasant, W.Va., 54 years ago today on Dec. 15.
The Silver Bridge - the key connection between Point Pleasant and Gallipolis, Ohio - collapsed into the Ohio River. Thirty-one vehicles plunged into the icy depths of the Ohio River.
Accompanying this story is video pulled from the West Virginia State Archives of the special Eyewitness News ran in 1992 on the 25th anniversary of the tragedy.
You hear from a man who fell into the river from the bridge, and the man who saved him. It also includes an interview with the first witness to report the collapse, and the patrol trooper who responded to that call that dark winter night. See story at WCHS-TV: bit.ly/3oX6vXh
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@blackpowdermaniacshooter 5 ай бұрын

I was 8 years old at the time living in Maysville KY. My parents drove out family to PP roughly a week after the tragedy. I can still remember the huge cranes on barges pulling wreckage out of the river.

@markuse3472 Жыл бұрын

KZfaq has the movie "The Mothman Prophesies" for free, I just watched it, which brought me here.

@bud3094 Жыл бұрын

I was 9 years old at that time and lived there.. I vividly remember my parents being very distraught as they knew several people that perished in that tragedy.. Our entire town stopped as I recall..Never will forget the sadness all around me..Rest in peace all 46 people who perished 🙏

@karynbanksley7110 Жыл бұрын

I believe the bridge collapsed because when it was built in 1928, very few people had cars, and there probably was no such thing as 18 wheelers. But by 1967, much of the population had vehicles, and I’m sure there were plenty of large freight hauling trucks going across the bridge. I believe that the builders of the bridge did not anticipate the excess weight of a bridge full of gridlocked cars and large 18 wheelers barely moving due to rush-hour traffic just sitting on the bridge. If the traffic light truly did malfunction and cause the traffic that day, to come to a screeching halt, causing the vehicles to fill the bridge completely with cars & heavy commercial trucks that just sat there for an extended time, was simply too much weight for the bridge to hold. Thus the bridge began breaking apart under the weight.

@megs4193 Ай бұрын

I agree completely, they couldn't see into the future, it's all so heartbreaking, sadly when our Tasman bridge collapsed, that could have been avoided, but again, no one could see into the future 😔🥺❤.

@michellepatterson1726 5 ай бұрын

My mother was just 5 months pregnant with me when she and my grandmother had finished Christmas shopping in Gallipolis, Ohio and was crossing back over to Point Pleasant WV (we lived in Sandyville in 1967) They made it over about 15 minutes before it collapsed 😢

@AndrewThomas-gu3ip 5 ай бұрын

My Grandfather crossed 20 minutes and his son (my uncle) crossed 45 minutes before. My grandfather was in the basement shower of his Point Pleasant home and felt the vibration. He knew immediately what had happened. Amazing that more time has passed since this piece was produced by WCHS than the number of years between the piece and the tragedy. I still have relatives who live in PP.

@leehuff2330 Жыл бұрын

A good friend of mine remembers travelling to Point Pleasant with the Chester, WV volunteer fire department to help with the recovery operations.

@megs4193 Ай бұрын

I'm very grateful just to hear from the people involved in this tragedy, and nothing that went with it ❤❤❤. Thank you.

@davidbrugman2171 8 ай бұрын

So sad 😞

@rickygreene5020 2 ай бұрын

I was 6 years old & remeber it well, mom & dad just got off the bridge was at the light in Point Pleasant, Mom heard something and looked back yo watch the bridge go down.

@jayskicksnfits9372 18 күн бұрын

*remember*

@jackdakota9187 2 жыл бұрын

I have always watched this station because of their good reporting but for the life of me, why in the headline of this story and many more on their app and news channel currently do they continually put W. Va when referencing West Virginia. W. Va implies that we are western Virginia, not our own state and is just plain ignorant. We're our own state now folks, since 1863. And in 1963, the post office started using two digit abbreviations.

@jamesnapier955 Жыл бұрын

Do they have a museum there about the tragedy

@CrazyCancun197800 Жыл бұрын

Yes

@kelroberts2140 2 ай бұрын

There will be others. 😢 It said

@brunello2012 10 ай бұрын

Is moth man the cause or is he a warning?

@thevintagesystem 3 ай бұрын

It's supposed to be an omen the cause is well known that it was the failure of a single eye bar in the suspension chain

@joyouslily2982 8 ай бұрын

45 seconds…😢

@kelroberts2140 2 ай бұрын

Kellerman ..in the book searches out the truth of the unusual mothman sightings happening throughout the state. For several years in fact

@kelroberts2140 2 ай бұрын

Point pleasant monument is what the monster looked like. According to several eyewitness accounts the point pleasant artifact remains. Searching for the child. It was quoted as saying. To a bystander according to records

@kelroberts2140 2 ай бұрын

There was .. some conversation to this effect. Its in the book. By kellerman

@kelroberts2140 2 ай бұрын

M x record ⏺️ speaks for itself 😢 the wind blows against me

@kelroberts2140 2 ай бұрын

Mothman. Gave the prediction. On the telephone. Beforehand

@edwardharold5091 Ай бұрын

The newspaper (at 6:25) clearly says "Christmas baskets" NOT "holiday baskets" as the narrator falsely stated. This error on the part of the narrator obviously was not unintentional. He wrongfully is trying to de-emphasise Jesus Christ and to remove Christ from Christmas.

@kelroberts2140 2 ай бұрын

Mothman

@kelroberts2140 2 ай бұрын

Circa 2024 the m

@kelroberts2140 2 ай бұрын

The book .. is more of a real document. The movie has much hollywood in it. The lovers quarrel the house. Yes make love in the house. The beautiful house first. Richard gere. The

@megs4193 Ай бұрын

I don't think anyone would build a bridge the way they did if they ever thought this was going to happen 🥺❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹⚘️.