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The Sinking of the Columbia

06/03/2018 | 28m 32s | Video has closed captioning.

On what was supposed to be a routine "Moonlight Excursion" to Alfresco Park, a popular amusement destination along the Illinois river in Peoria, something went terribly wrong. On the return voyage to Pekin, Illinois, the Columbia ran into a dense fog covering the river. With schedule pressures the pilot pressed on through the murk. They could never have predicted what happened next.

Aired: 06/03/18

Rating: TV-G

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