W.Va. town remembers 1967 bridge failure
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It took less than 30 seconds for the Silver Bridge to tumble into the Ohio River, killing 46 people and leaving towns on either side stunned and bereft. Stephen Darst, who saw it happen 40 years ago Saturday, has relived that half-minute countless times.
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By Tom Benning, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.  Jun. 1--Two years ago, Abe Whaley watched in agony as construction  progressed on Legacy Mountain, a ridge nestled between Pittman Center and  Pigeon Forge.
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TO THE British, it was a war cemetery. To the villagers of Stahnsdorf in the former East Germany, its annual Remembrance Day service was their window to freedom.
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VISEGRAD, Bosnia  - The decaying Ottoman bridge on Bosnia's River Drina at Visegrad is soon to be restored, but the community whose life around it was chronicled in an epic novel is unlikely to be the same again.
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In Atlanta, there has been a concerted effort to refresh the cityÂs memory of a deadly race riot that was forgotten almost as soon as it ended.
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CAN THO, Vietnam  - Recovery crews found eight more bodies in the rubble of a Vietnamese bridge on Thursday, taking the death toll from the collapse to around 60, officials said.
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The seven people killed in the Berkshire train crash are remembered in a church memorial service.
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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - A 79-year-old woman suffered only bruises after a drawbridge opened beneath her as she walked across it, leaving her dangling from the structure.  Helen Koton said she did not hear any warning signals before the bridge began to open with her nearly halfway across.
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By Seth Freedland, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Dec. 12--JAMES CITY -- After Hurricane Isabel, James City County struggled to get reimbursed for debris cleanup on private roads.
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Sixty years ago this weekend, Warsaw's wartime agony ended. But for Janusz Zadarnowski of Creve Coeur, the adventure had a long way to run.
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Dreaming Creek, one of more than 15 boats in the 22nd annual James River Batteau Festival, approached Maiden's Landing in Powhatan County yesterday after an eight-day, 120-mile journey from Lynchburg. Tom Hasenfang (right) poled the bateau while Captain Bob Shortridge manned the sweep.
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Tony Moore and his college baseball teammates were jolted awake when their bus slammed against a concrete barrier and dropped off an overpass. At least two students were trapped, one player had already died and diesel fuel was leaking, survivors and family members said.
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By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 19--A year ago, a handful of people turned out to protest a plan to pipe Catawba River water into Cabarrus County.
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Veterans of the Battle of Arnhem re-enact the famous air drop to mark its 60th anniversary.
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In aftermath of disaster, survivors of school siege recall the nightmare.
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Memorial services are being held to remember the 193 people who lost their lives in the Zeebrugge ferry disaster.
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By Anna King, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Feb. 7--Workers on Tuesday towed to safety a piece of motorized track equipment that dangled from a bridge over the Columbia River.