April 27, 2008
Multimedia -- Willow Island: Revisited
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Audio slideshow with historic photos: Narrated by Gazette News Editor and Pleasants County native Vic Burkhammer, who recalls the people he knew and the place where the disaster occurred.
Video: The disaster's impact still felt, 30 years later: Interviews with people who were there the day of the disaster. A worker recalls helping uncover bodies from the rubble. A woman talks about the cost of the accident to her family. Her son discusses building a memorial monument, and what he learned in the process.
See reports of the investigations into the Willow Island Disaster
List of the Willow Island Disaster victims
Watch a short documentary looking at the disaster (history.com)
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