American presumed dead for 30 years found healthy
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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An American man presumed to be dead after the 1976 Big Thompson Canyon flood has been found alive in Oklahoma City.
Barb Anderson, a Big Thompson Canyon resident, was researching the flood victims and found Darrell Johnson, alive and well, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Sixty-three-year-old funeral director Darrell Johnson told the Fort Collins Coloradoan on Friday that he didn't know he was on the victim list until Anderson told him last year. He was one of the six reported missing and the 144 killed, which has now been amended to 143.
Johnson and his family were living in a Sleepy Hollow resort cabin in Estes Park, but decided to leave after staying for one night. A few hours later, the whole resort was washed away.
Sources
- Associated Press. "Man presumed dead in 1976 Colorado flood found alive and well" — Sympatico MSN Health, August 3, 2008
- "Man Listed As Flood Victim Found Alive In Okla." — cbs4denver.com, August 4, 2008
- Deb Stanley. "Flood 'Victim' Found Alive 32 Years Later" — ABC News, August 2, 2008