Watch Live: Panel discussion on the 1971 chemical explosion in Georgia
The Savannah Morning News and Savannah State University have partnered on a documentary screening and panel discussion about the 1971 explosion at the Thiokol Chemical plant in Woodbine, Georgia, that killed 29 people and injured more than 50 others.
The tragedy was the subject of a narrative, investigative podcast by Savannah Morning News reporter Nancy Guan and editor Zach Dennis, which completed its seven-episode arc earlier this month. You can find more information about the podcast here.
Tripwire: Podcast investigates the 1971 Thiokol plant explosion in Georgia and what happened after
More on the Thiokol Memorial Project: A Georgia tragedy was reduced to two lines in history books. A museum aims to rectify that.
Column: The U.S. failed the men, women of Woodbine at Thiokol. Will they rectify that now?
On the panel is Guan, Dennis, Patrick Longstreth and Jannie Everette. Longstreth is a documentary filmmaker who is working on a feature-length film on the tragedy and the work being done to honor the victims in Woodbine. Everette is the president and CEO of the Thiokol Memorial Project and runs their museum in Kingsland where she works to educate Georgians on this piece of lost history.
This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News: Live: Tripwire podcast discussion on 1971 Thiokol explosion in Georgia
