This documentary covers the story of the Willow Island Disaster - the worst construction disaster ever to take place in the history of the United States...

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CHAPTERS: 🔖
► 00:00 - Intro
► 00:42 - Background
► 03:18 - The Willow Island Disaster
► 07:23 - The Aftermath

MUSIC: 🎵
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory

SOURCES: 📑
► "Start praying that our dad's alive" by Tara Tuckwiller, published by the WV Gazette, April 2008. Link: https://web.archive.org/web/200805031...
► "It was gone: String of problems led to 51 deaths at Willow Island" by Ken Ward Jr, published by the WV Gazette, April 2008. Link: https://web.archive.org/web/200806121...
► "Remembering Willow Island, 45 years later" by Chris Lawrence, published by WV Metro News, April 2023. Link: https://wvmetronews.com/2023/04/26/re...
► "Investigation of construction failure of reinforced concrete cooling tower at Willow Island, West Virginia" published by NIST. Link: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Leg...
► "Collapse of Willow Island Cooling Tower: One of the Worst Construction Disasters in the History of US" by Ravi Panwar, published by The Constructor. Link: https://theconstructor.org/case-study...
► "45 Years Ago, the Deadliest Construction Accident in US Killed 51" by William Rabb, published by Insurance Journal, April 2023. Link: https://www.insurancejournal.com/news...
► "51 Killed in Collapse of Scaffold At Power Plant in West Virginia" by Iver Peterson, published by the New York Times, April 1978. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/1978/04/28/ar...
► "Willow Island disaster 40 years ago today" by Jess Mancini, published by The Marietta Times, April 2018. Link: https://www.mariettatimes.com/news/lo...
► "County in Mourning After Loss of 51 in Power Plant Tragedy" By Sheri Fleegle, published by the St Marys Oracle, May 1978. Link: https://archive.wvculture.org/history...

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