Buffalo Creek Disaster. Coal dam break leads to flood.

Buffalo Creek Disaster in Logan County, West Virginia. Flood that killed 125 in 1972.

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• logan
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• west
• virginia

[hugsandkisses25634]

By the way...I would love to know who wrote and is singing the song...would like to say thanks for keeping my dads memory...

[hillbillyproud]

Billy Goat Gruff is the band's name.

[hugsandkisses25634]

I remember Denny Gibson warning all that he could...he tried his hardest..to save all...but some wouldnt listen..Im proud of him..He was my dad...

Sherry

[hillbillyproud]

Thanks for sharing and for what he did.

[BClark316]

you know who sings this song? great video.

[hillbillyproud]

Billy Goat Gruff

[mikeg1231000]

my name is michael gibson my papaw is denny gibson he done a brave thing he was trying to save as much people as he could it is a honor to be is grandson and to know him i am a strip miner now i am trying to pick up and carry on were he left thats how i honor him and my fam i love them so much

[ChristianDeerHunter]

My Aunt lost her life in the flood...I remember my mother telling me about when my grandfather went in the school (If I remember correctly She said it was the old Man Elementary School they had the bodies in) to Identify her body, She said it was horrific...I give my respect out to the person who made this video and will keep you in my prayer's. God Bless You

[migitpoo]

How very sad that so many lost their lives because of greed. Through this video those who died will be remembered and honored always. God Bless beautiful WWA.

[dragondancer1814]

My father-in-law was from Buffalo Creek, and my husband is proud of his heritage. One of his uncles was actually on the dam half an hour before it failed. One of his aunts still lives in Lorado, last we heard. This disaster is a vital part of his family history that we're already telling our daughters about.

This is a good song and video. They really capture this piece of American and family history!

[PawnBACM]

Good song. Terrible catastrophe; a tragedy of corporate greed and indifference to human life. The book is a phenomenal read; hard to imagine the callousness of the company, before and especially after the disaster occurred.

[WitchDR1000]

Thanks for posting some piece of tragic history that no one outside of those of us who grew up in Coal Country would even remember. I was born 3 years after the flood but remember hearing about it frequently. My father was part of the National Guard response to the flood. God Bless WV!

[csdeerslayer]

I lived at Lorado and we heard a truck blowing it's horn and it was a man Named Jack Kent telling us to run for the hills, the dam broke. There ain't know telling how many lives that man saved that day.....God Bless him

[ferrarimike23]

West viginias cook if u like hillbillys