"On the 22nd of September, 1993, in the early hours of the morning, the captain of a tow boat on a river in Alabama would be woken from sleep by a gentle jolt..."

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Background
01:48 - The Big Bayou Canot Disaster
08:36 - The Aftermath

MUSIC:
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory

SOURCES:
► "Victims of Amtrak Accident Near Mobile" published by The New York Times, September 1993. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/27/us...
► "Tugboat Pilot Haunted By Rail Crash That Killed 47" by Michael Wilson, published by The Seattle Times, September 1998. Link: https://archive.seattletimes.com/arch...
► NTSB Accident Report, published by the NTSB, September 1994. Available via: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...
► "Seconds From Disaster: Wreck of the Sunset Limited" directed by Paul Bruges, published by National Geographic, August 2004. Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0972137/

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