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If you’re of a certain generation that grew up in Ottawa, you remember this day: Aug. 10, 1966, when a huge bridge spanning the canal and the river collapsed. Nine men died.
On the 50th anniversary, Bruce Deachman dug deep into the history of the Heron Road Bridge collapse, interviewing the workers who were on the structure that day.
And if you look at the comments beneath the article, you’ll see many people giving their personal recollection of the event — even the daughter of the mayor at the time.
Read Deachman’s story below, and see our other reporters and photographers reflect on the stories from this year they’ll remember most.
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The nine men killed in the Heron Road Bridge collapse
An aerial photo shows the Heron Road Bridge before it collapsed.
Rescue workers and volunteers converged on the scene of the Heron Road bridge collapse, Aug. 10,1966, to help find survivors and transport them to hospital.
Rescue efforts following the Heron Road Bridge collapse.
Mike Lecuyer survived the Heron Road Bridge collapse of Aug. 10, 1966. (Bruce Deachman, Ottawa Citizen)
Sean McKenney, president of the Ottawa District Labour Council, places a rose at the Heron Road Bridge Disaster 50th anniversary commemoration ceremony in Ottawa Wednesday Aug 10, 2016. The ceremony was held in honour of the nine workers who died in the Heron Road Bridge collapse of Aug. 10, 1966, the bridge is being renamed The Heron Road Memorial Workers Bridge.
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On the 50th anniversary, Bruce Deachman dug deep into the history of the Heron Road Bridge collapse, interviewing the workers who were on the structure that day.
And if you look at the comments beneath the article, you’ll see many people giving their personal recollection of the event — even the daughter of the mayor at the time.
Read Deachman’s story below, and see our other reporters and photographers reflect on the stories from this year they’ll remember most.
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The Ottawa bridge collapse that shocked the world: ‘They didn’t have much time to scream’
The nine men killed in the Heron Road Bridge collapse
An aerial photo shows the Heron Road Bridge before it collapsed.
Rescue workers and volunteers converged on the scene of the Heron Road bridge collapse, Aug. 10,1966, to help find survivors and transport them to hospital.
Rescue efforts following the Heron Road Bridge collapse.
Mike Lecuyer survived the Heron Road Bridge collapse of Aug. 10, 1966. (Bruce Deachman, Ottawa Citizen)
Sean McKenney, president of the Ottawa District Labour Council, places a rose at the Heron Road Bridge Disaster 50th anniversary commemoration ceremony in Ottawa Wednesday Aug 10, 2016. The ceremony was held in honour of the nine workers who died in the Heron Road Bridge collapse of Aug. 10, 1966, the bridge is being renamed The Heron Road Memorial Workers Bridge.
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