MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2024
CHAPIN'S TRAGIC INSPIRATION!
Today we remember an are tragedy that
led to a popular song! It was on this day in
1965 that driver Gene Sesky was driving
his loaded truck into Scranton. Family
members said the clutch gave out as Sesky
was headed down the steep Moosic Street
which prevented him from shifting into a
low gear. Sesky could have jumped but
didn't. Instead he yell to people and
sounded the truck's air horn as he
tried to steer around traffic and people
in the area. It's estimated the truck
reached a speed of 100miles per hour
before it crashed at South Irving Avenue.
Sesky was killed instantly! Years later,
in 1974, singer Harry Chapin recounted
the crash in a song appropriately titled
"30,000 pounds of bananas!" That's
what Seky was hauling! He is remembered
as a hero for sticking with his runaway
truck in an attempt to save others. Hope
you remember and that all your NEWS
is good.
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