Pine Mountain, Then and Now

A B-25 Bomber Crash, A Rescue, and a Reunion


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Most folks know Dowdell’s Knob as one of FDR’s favorite picnic spots—but not everyone knows about the B-25 bomber crash that happened there on a foggy October night in 1953.

In this solo episode, I share the powerful true story of a plane crash and the 19-year-old sailor who miraculously survived. Nearly 60 years later, the community came together to honor the five men who were lost—and the one who lived.

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Pine Mountain, Then and NowBy Joy Foote