1992 Chicago Flood — WLS-TV Coverage

An hourlong compilation of WLS-TV ABC 7's coverage of the April 1992 Chicago Flood.

Clips from Eyewitness News broadcasts include anchors and reporters Floyd Kalber, John Drury, Mary Ann Childers, Chuck Goudie, Paul Meincke, Charles Thomas, Jim Rosenfield, Jim Gibbons, Sylvia Perez, Hugh Hill and Andy Shaw among others unidentified. Feel free to name them in the comments if missed.

Source: Private videotape.

From Wikipedia: "The Chicago flood occurred on April 13, 1992, when repair work on a bridge spanning the Chicago River damaged the wall of an abandoned and disused utility tunnel beneath the river. The resulting breach flooded basements, facilities, and the underground Chicago Pedway throughout the Chicago Loop with an estimated 250 million US gallons (1,000,000 m3) of water."

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