Initially, protesters targeted monuments related to the Confederate States of America, its leaders and its military. In some cases the removal was legal and official in others, most notably in Alabama and North Carolina, laws prohibiting the removal of monuments were deliberately broken. Some of the monuments in question had been the subject of lengthy, years-long efforts to remove them, sometimes involving legislation and/or court proceedings. This occurred mainly in the United States, but also in several other countries. after protesters toppled the statue of Pike.ĭuring the civil unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, a number of monuments and memorials associated with racial injustice were vandalized, destroyed or removed, or commitments to remove them were announced. The Albert Pike Memorial in Washington, D.C.The vandalized statue of Robert Milligan outside the Museum of London Docklands before it was removed.The statue of Christopher Columbus at the Minnesota State Capitol moments after it was pulled from its pedestal by American Indian Movement protesters.Stuart Monument, defaced during protests in Richmond, Virginia, was removed on July 7, 2020. Terri Angier, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation when the bridge collapsed. 'Very surreal, tragic time': ODOT spokeswoman remembers 2002 Webbers Falls bridge collapse I think if I had not went out there there would have been a lot more off in there," Pollard said.įormer Oklahoma Highway Patrol public information officer Chris West, who is the Canadian County, Oklahoma Sheriff today, remembered responding to the bridge disaster 20 years ago. I went out to one side of the bridge to try to keep more people from going off in it. "I was on duty that morning and I got a call right after it happened. He saved lives by stopping traffic on the west side of the bridge on I-40. Pollard was on duty as a police officer in Webbers Falls when the bridge collapse. "We haven't decided for sure yet," Pollard said. "I don't know if we will do this any more after this 20th anniversary," Pollard said. ‘A helpless feeling’: Webbers Falls bridge collapse witness still thinks of those lost I-40 bridge disaster: How this Oklahoma reporter navigated tragedy and uncertainty to cover I-40 bridge disaster Pollard spoke at the ceremony Monday, to remember the 14 victims who died. Webbers Falls, Oklahoma Mayor John Pollard was a police officer when the Interstate 40 bridge collapsed May 26, 2002. Janette Barlow of Wimberley, Texas traveled to Webbers Falls Sunday to remember victim Gail Shanahan. Watching my kids grow up and knowing that Shae was just a year and a half difference from my youngest daughter," Billie Eppler said. It's holidays with my children, things like that. She said holidays are difficult, even two decades later.
We didn't find out for sure until Tuesday evening," Eppler recalls. We were trying to catch them on their cellphones, (James and Misty Johnson) and just the unknown.
"It was a phone call from my mom asking me if I was okay. 'I was shocked': First trooper to arrive at Webbers Falls bridge disaster recalls scene Gone but not forgotten: Former mayor to host memorial in honor of Webbers Falls bridge tragedy Everybody loved Jim," Eppler said.īillie Eppler said she remembers, "disbelief," when she answered a telephone call from her mother 20 years ago about the tragedy at Webbers Falls.
He was just a great person in our area in our community. She talked about her late brother at Webbers Falls Monday. She said she lives with the memories of losing three family members among the 14 people who died.
Billie Eppler of Alma is the sister of James Johnson who was at Webbers Falls Monday.
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