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David H. Westmoreland still isn’t sure if what he remembers of April 16, 1947, are actual memories or a part of an ingrained story he has recited since he was 7.off of 11th Street in Texas City
“This is something you’ll just always remember. I lost my father, my wife lost her father,” Westmoreland said. “I wouldn’t be surprised if everybody in town lost a relative or a good friend.”, the deadliest industrial accident in United States history. All told, 581 people died and thousands more were injured after a ship — the S.S.
Johnson walked the crowd through the events of that morning, although most in the crowd did not need the history lesson. Plumes of brightly colored smoke, flashing green, purple, orange and yellow, rose from the ship’s hull, drawing hundreds of onlookers. Workers in nearby industrial plants rushed to make sure their contents were safe if the fire spread.
Falco’s mother woke up and saw cars had been tossed around the parking lot like sticks blown over by a gust of wind. Her grandfather had collapsed lungs and hearing damage, and the car he had just left had a hunk of steel pierced through the center. Family members couldn’t find her uncle, Luhning, until days later, when another uncle recognized his double-jointed hands among the rows of bodies lined up in the Texas City High School gymnasium.
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