(KWTX) Monster From The Sky
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- Опубликовано: 17 май 2023
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May 11th, 1953, has been etched in the minds of Wacoans for 70 years.
Referred to as the "Monster from the Sky", a powerful F-5 tornado struck the heart of downtown Waco around 4:40 p.m. on May 11, 1953, killing 114 and leaving another 600 injured.
We'll hear from residents who both witnessed the event and experienced the aftermath, and we’ll show how this devastating storm changed the landscape of downtown Waco.
Plus, we'll view never before seen videos and hear exclusive new stories.
Special thanks to Texas Farm Bureau Insurance for making the telling of this event possible.
Well done, KWTX!!!! I remember - growing up in the suburbs of Chicago - the Belvidere and Oak Lawn tornadoes of 4/21/1967, and the coverage we had of the storms. This is one of the best documentaries I have seen, about a tornado disaster, by far!!!!
That's my aunt Alta talking at 22:22. She and my grandmother and my aunt Libby were lucky to survive!
An excellent documentary!
The survivor interviews were especially poignant and fascinating. I can't imagine their experience. Very special to hear them speak about an event that happened sixty some years ago.
Thank you!
A special thanks to Brady Taylor & KWTX, for the time spent on making this possible!
On the same day, San Angelo was hit by an F4 tornado at exactly 2:30 pm.
It was mentioned a couple of times. Bad day all around.
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Really, a tornado can happen anywhere... we had one right down the road in Middletown, DE a few years back, earth quakes too. Anything Anytime Anywhere. Never say never.
Thank you for sharing this.
Hey, I know that Carolyn lady... 😊😊😊
I am also a survivor of this tornado.
I wonder if they got it yet. In April 1953, nobody thought Waco could have a tornado. In May, they changed their minds. Cleveland, and some other places in the Great Lakes states, Waco, Texas, and God knows how many other places, should have been a beacon to the nation and especially the Midwest for better knowledge of the weather and and its surprise attacks, and hopefully people learned something. Every place in Texas from Louisiana to New Mexico, and Mexico to Oklahoma, is vulnerable to the big wind. There have been tornadoes in Alabama, too. A lot of the stormy weather in the Midwest is generated by conflict between the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes because two different kinds of weather play like a hockey game between two different teams. They start hitting each other and the towns and cities suffer in the melee.
They can happen anywhere really.
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May 11,1916, a grand jury was assembled and quickly returned an indictment against a 17 year old Jesse Washington in the murder of Lucy Fryer, sealing his fate.
The actions of the people afterward were horrendous!
May 11, 1953 (37 years to the day)
an F5 ripped through downtown Waco,Tx and showed little to no mercy! 37 years prior(May 1916) Children were let out of school early just to be a part of, or a witness to the mayhem!
If the stories are true about Washington's body being dragged through town, mutilated, etc, then the events of the 1953 tragedy should have been a wake-up call for the citizens of Waco,Tx!
The same famous photographer Fred Gildersleeve that was perched high up and photographing the lynching is the exact photographer (37 years later) capturing the aftermath of the tornado! Make it make sense!
Nobody wants to have THAT conversation, tho!😮
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