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Here’s the Trailer for PBS’s Documentary About the Damascus Nuclear Accident
Posted on 7/14/16 at 12:54 pm
Posted on 7/14/16 at 12:54 pm
Command and Control
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Command and Control focuses on one particular little office oopsie: a worker who dropped a wrench socket in September of 1980. Unfortunately, that socket was inside a Titan II silo along with a nuclear missile. Even more unfortunately, the socket hit the fuel line on the way down. That caused a rocket fuel explosion that blew up the missile, kililng one person and injuring 21 more while reducing the entire facility to a smoking hole in the ground.
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Posted on 7/14/16 at 1:13 pm to Pigfeet
i was 8 but i had a 'i survived the damascus disaster' tshirt.
Posted on 7/14/16 at 1:34 pm to Pigfeet
Sid King from KGFL/KHPQ radio in Clinton AR has some awesome stories about this. One I remember most was him and another guy were flying around the area in a little Cesna to cover the event. They were eventually forced out of the area from a few military fighter jets.
I remember a friend of Mom and Dads who was a ASP officer. He knocked on our door in the middle of the night and told us to get out of the area immediately. I remember going to his house north of Clinton until the all clear was given. Scared the shite out of me as a little boy.
I remember a friend of Mom and Dads who was a ASP officer. He knocked on our door in the middle of the night and told us to get out of the area immediately. I remember going to his house north of Clinton until the all clear was given. Scared the shite out of me as a little boy.
Posted on 7/16/16 at 3:03 pm to Pigfeet
Never knew about any of this. I'm thoroughly looking forward to this documentary.
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