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Wire fractures were found months before 1976 Vail gondola crash that killed 4
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4:15Now PlayingWithin hours of two gondola cars crashing to the ground on March 26, 1976, top officials at Vail ski resort were pretty sure they knew what happened. Why it happened, and whether anyone was to blame, were different questions.
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About "After the Fall":
On March 26, 1976, an unraveling wire on Vail ski area’s Lionshead gondola unleashed a tragedy – two cars, each carrying six people, plunged 125 feet and crashed into the mountainside.
It was the deadliest lift accident in the history of skiing in Colorado. Three of the people in those cars died on impact, and a fourth lost his life two days later as a result of injuries suffered in the accident. Eight people were badly hurt.
Fifty years later, three survivors remain. For the first time, each agreed to tell the story of that day and the ways it affected them – and affects them still.
Watch the series here
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