Retired engineers revisit Mount St. Helens, reflecting on recovery efforts post-eruption for its 45th anniversary.
ST HELENS, Wash — Engineers who spent the days and years following the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens working on the recovery of the region, returned Tuesday to check in on some of their work.
“Just amazing,” said retired U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Col. Terry Connell, one of several engineers returning to the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument on the week of the 45th anniversary of the
Connell commanded the recovery effort, which included clearing ash and debris from roads and neighborhoods and dredging sediment from the
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