1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake Memories

First responder Emery Lowe, former Oakland Tribune photographer Michael Macor and survivor and Oakland firefighter Tim Peterson recount their stories of the collapse of the Cypress Freeway during the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/loma-prieta-earthquake

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[DarkTwilightGuitar]

I was searching for the band...LOL!

[persevere67]

This was a really scary quake for me, all the ones up until this time were kind of fun, but this one meant business, it is hard to believe it has been 21 years already.

[danielnordeen]

I was in a 8th floor of a 13 floor high rise in Santa Clara working as a recruiter and I had a bad feeling all day and was waiting to quit my job pacing the floor around my desk cause the owner put off my meeting to tell her to shove it. Next thing I knew it felt like the building was toppling over and litteraly shifted backand forth 15 feet or so. I looked outside the window and saw 2 foot waves rolling along the ground and saw a large elm tree flapping back and forth 45 degrees. Awesome

[retrolovebomb]

I was born on this day!

[vanessa5453]

omg these photos taken are so good NICE :)

[MexicanSalvation]

im in sand diego eartquake man 6.9 hope to go my house dont fall

[MexicanSalvation]

im in sand diego eartquake man 6.9 hope to go my house dont fall

[rtlstkr]

My cousin was killed in this. He was one of the last ones pulled out, he was found on the Saturday after it hit. He was innitially identified by the license plate on his van, is what my sister told me. He left behind three young sons.

[socalltd]

i read tim had the steering wheel on his stomach and lower down and said it was like being kicked in the guts for hours til he was freed. other survivors wer buck helm and the youg boy, who lost a leg, and his sister-forgot thier names.. was there on the parkway on 10/04/09 and was at the memorial "15 seconds".

[idreem2much]

I was freaken 10 years old, standing behind my brother's car; which was parked on the driveway. All of a sudden I felt the car move, thinking to myself that my brother went crazy and was trying to run me over. Moved in time, to witness a parked vehicle roll down to street and roll back up to the drive way (like an amusement park ride). Our electronic garage door was being slammed up and down viciously. And down the block, I could see a freeway overpass totally collapsed. Scary sh*7t!!!! :D