[MikeP]

Here is a little info on that incident from an esteemed colleague at the SF Teamhouse


Holy ****. I didn't know there were pictures of that. This may be more than

you want to know about that trick. The boat is the M/V Natchez and belongs

to Warrior & Gulf Navigation. I can't recall the captains name but we all

call him Capt. Crunch and that is not his greatest trick.The bridge is the

old Rooster Bridge on hwy 80 below Demopolis Alabama across the Tombigbee

River. The river was at flood stage and there was not clearance under the

bridge to pass the wheel house. It was common practice to push the tow under

the bridge, break the tow loose than back like hell. Another WGN boat would

catch the tow and head for Mobile. Nobody got hurt and the boat never turned

all the way over. The Capt.. told me he was not ashamed to admit he pissed

his pants. ________ and I shot that bridge in the winter of 79 or 80 so it

is no longer there. This same captain had an even more spectacular accident

not long after this happened but a deck hand was killed.


MikeP