Last Survivor Recalls Bridge Catastrophe of 66 Years Ago

In mid-June, 91-year-old Lou Lessard of Langley attended the 66th annual memorial for the 19 steelworkers and a rescuer who died in the horrendous collapse, June 17, 1958, of Vancouver’s Second Narrows Bridge.

The Burrard Inlet bridge is now known as the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing.

Mr. Lessard, a 25-year-old steelworker that day, was one of those who narrowly escaped with his life.

The dramatic story of that tragic June day in next week’s Chronicles.

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PHOTO: It’s hard to believe that anyone survived in this tangle of collapsed steel. —Vancouver Sun photo