The attached interview above is from SDPB's daily public-affairs show, In the Moment.
The 50th anniversary of the Black Hills Flood of 1972 on June 9th is a time to honor the 238 lives lost. It also brings a flood of memories for survivors. Some of those survivors are telling their stories to SDPB. Every week between now and the anniversary, we’ll bring you one of those stories.
This week, we hear from Robbie Corner. He was a teenager who was out with friends when the flood began. When he tried to reach his mother’s home near Rapid Creek in western Rapid City, he found it surrounded by fast-moving water and debris.
He tells the story from the site of that former home, with the sound of Rapid Creek in the background.
An SDPB documentary about the 1972 flood is in production now. Stay tuned for information about that this spring.
