Michael Lienau, part of the first film crew documenting the aftermath of the Mount St. Helens, said the experience was a “living nightmare.”
SKAMANIA COUNTY, Wash — Sunday marked 45 years since Mount St. Helens erupted, sending ash, lava, mud and debris flowing down the mountainside. Fifty-seven people were killed.
To this day, it is still the deadliest volcanic eruption in U.S. history.
KING 5 sat down with Michael Lienau, who was part of the first film crew to document the aftermath of the Mount St. Helens eruption on the ground. What was supposed to be an hour-long shoot swiftly changed to a four-day journey
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