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I saw this race when I was a kid, I went on to race Hydros!
scottwins2 6 months ago
I sent Muncey a get-well card after this, & for 5 or 6 years got Christmas cards from him, done by Bob Hale, KING's cartooning weatherman
teenonator 9 months ago
I was born that September. :-)
StLouisEarl 2 years ago
Did all of the CG personnel make it out?
jwpruitt 2 years ago
Bill Muncey went on to drive for many years after this crash - He was killed in a crash in Acapulco Mexico. I saw a clip of this from an angle behind the hydro and Bill bailed out about 1 second before impact with the CG boat.
SunnyDaySam 2 years ago
I was viewing this from above the north turn from my house and saw it happen. Even using binoculars you couldn't really see what was going on. We ran for the TV's and watched both boats sink live on TV just like you saw it... and, yes, that is what TV looked like then. Almost nothing was taped or filmed for showing later. 95% of everything was live.
zydecoguy 2 years ago
Thanks so much for posting this! I had heard about the incident, but had no idea that there was still video of it around!
Mill Muncy won many races after this crash, so I know that he, at least, survived it.
steampunkgrrl 3 years ago
i am looking for footage of a boat called miss canadiana or miss super test. My uncle art asbury was the driver.
tweety208 3 years ago
Try contacting the folks at the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum in Kent, WA.
mbspeed 3 years ago
@tweety208 Find any? I'd like to see some as well.
dooalittledippsy 4 months ago
ok that wasn't a coast guard cutter... just a little cg patrol boat.
sxcrxtxgxnt 3 years ago
By the way, this was the ONLY peace-time sinking of a US Coast Guard vessel!!
justsaygary 4 years ago
er... shame it's a video of a bad tv screen.
TechState 4 years ago
Hey, that's what tv looked like in 1958!
trumpete53 3 years ago
Wouldn't you have liked to have overheard the phone call to Coast Guard HQ in DC?
Freenbean 4 years ago
He didn't die in this wreck. He died in the 1980's (82 I think?) in a different one-boat crash in Mexico.
boatkitten 4 years ago
TOO BAD
peeweecranson 4 years ago
Bill Muncey was a cool guy I'm sorry he died way too early..
josephdupont 4 years ago
Hmmm did any one die? reply straight to me please !!
DeejaRandom 4 years ago
Muncy was the first person since...like...1812 to single-handedly sink a Coast Guard cutter. Thanks for the clip!
teamdeadly 4 years ago