Well, the snopes urban legends reference pages has weighed in on the matter:
<a href= "http://www.snopes.com/spoons/photos/towboat.htm";>
http://www.snopes.com/spoons/photos/towboat.htm </a>
Thanks, Steve Goss, Dallas Tx usa
kquarles@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >
> > Sometimes you've just gotta be at the right place at
> the right time...
> >
> > http://koti.mbnet.fi/~soldier/towboat.htm
> >
>
> A friend of mine at the Ohio River Company sent me the
> following commentary on thses pictures:
>
> Commentary from "River Chat":
>
> I'll try to be brief- April 28, 1979- the CAHABA, Capt.
> Jimmy Wilkerson, was
> dropping 2 of his 4 barges thru the east span of Rooster
> Bridge- mm
> 200.(something), with intent of running around thru the
> lift span and
> catching them below. Pilot Earl Barnhart was on the tow
> helping the 2 ...
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