Those there will witness the end of the day's public celebrations, with a six-minute fly-past planned involving members of the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force and culminating in a display by the Red Arrows.Īs we can see The Mall and the surrounding area in central London is already pretty packed. Which other members of the Royal Family will be involved has not yet been confirmed. Just before 14:30 - King Charles and Queen Camilla will greet the crowds in The Mall from the Buckingham Palace balcony. The King's grandson, Prince George, will be among the pages, alongside Camilla's grandchildren, Lola, Eliza, Gus, Louis and Freddy.ġ3:00 - The King and queen will then return to Buckingham Palace along the reverse of the route by which they came, this time travelling in the 260-year-old Gold State Coach that has been used in every coronation since William IV's It will be punctuated with music selected by the King, with 12 newly commissioned pieces, including one by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The route will be flanked by 1,000 members of the military.ġ1:00 - The ceremony begins. The King and Queen Consort will ride in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach. It goes along The Mall to Trafalgar Square, then down Whitehall and Parliament Street before turning into Parliament Square and Broad Sanctuary. Here is how today's events will unfold:Ġ9:30 - World leaders and heads of states begin to arrive at the Abbeyġ0:20 - The King's procession leaves Buckingham Palace. “It's just part of our history now.The doors are now open to the general congregation assembling at Westminster Abbey. “I’m sure we’ll be looking at it,” Cole said. Coincidentally, Cole’s 50-year high school graduation reunion will take place at the park in June. The bridge collapse is now a part of Webbers Falls.Ī monument to those lost was erected in Webbers Falls City Park a year after the collapse. 'Very surreal, tragic time': ODOT spokeswoman remembers 2002 Webbers Falls bridge collapse Gone but not forgotten: Former mayor to host memorial in honor of Webbers Falls bridge tragedy “The real heroes are those fishermen that pulled that trucker out of the water and those divers that had to go down and do other recovery,” Cole said. Barton was then able to rescue another driver, James Bilyeu, from the river. Barton said Wilhoit and another fisherman, Kirk Washburn, then sprung to action and pulled truck driver Rodney Tidwell from the water. In a 2002 interview with CNN, bass fisherman Norman Barton credited angler Alton Wilhoit with firing the flare. One fisherman had fired a flare into the sky, potentially alerting drivers to the danger and allowing them to stop in time. You just always wish there was something you could have done.”īRIDGE COLLAPSE, WEBBERS FALLS, I-40, INTERSTATE 40, BARGE, HIT, COLLISION, DEATH, DEATHS, ARKANSAS RIVER: Wreckage of Interstate 40 leads into the water on the West bank of the Arkansas river after a barge collided with a support on Sunday. And the water was swift, it was really moving. In the distance, a light blue trunk of a car bobbed in the current. Cole scanned the water for anyone he could help. The dozens of boats he’d seen on the water that morning were down to just a few. Cole grabbed his radio and a cellphone, climbed into his Jeep and took off toward the Arkansas River.Ĭole maneuvered the vehicle down to the river’s edge and climbed out.īy then, the scene was eerily silent. The screeching was the sound of feet stomping on brake pedals, tires grinding across asphalt as drivers attempted to stop short of the newly-opened abyss.Ĭole’s boss, Paul Gould, hopped in the plane and took to the skies to survey the damage. It only took seconds for everything to change.Ĭole quickly learned that the “bang” was the sound of a barge hitting the Interstate 40 bridge, causing nearly 600 feet of roadway to collapse into the river. Related: How this Oklahoma reporter navigated tragedy and uncertainty to cover I-40 bridge disaster 'I was shocked': First trooper to arrive at Webbers Falls bridge disaster recalls scene
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