On a stormy April afternoon in 1978, the Cable Car at Squaw Valley came off of one of its cables, dropped 75 feet and then bounced back up, colliding with a cable which sheared through the car. Four people we killed and thirty-one were injured. Robert Frohlich tells the full story of the Squaw Cable Car tragedy and the heroic rescue effort in this Moonshine article >>
As a survivor I would love to contact Gina Wisnewski, she was a very strong little girl. I held her and another little boy thru the whole thing.
it is April 14, 2011 and looming tomorrow is the day of “The Accident”-I am a survivor and I lost my husband that day-I could not believe that it happened and that I lived-I did not expect to. The young man who dropped into the car-it was only afterwards that I knew his name and met most of the rescue teams-I do remember that all of the people who came to our rescue were skilled professionals with a great deal of compassion-I wish I knew the name of the volunteer fireman who held my hand for so long at Truckee Hospital -until he was called out to Donner Pass-fire on the rails, if I remember rightly. My whole life changed that day, along with all the rest of us and I often wonder what became of all those folks and I hope and pray that they had enough faith to see themselves through to the other side and take the chance given them for a good and productive and JOYFUL life-may all of them be blessed by grace and faith for all of their lives.
Why I stood at the door of the tram, Trish and Mark telling me come on get in, then turned to ski down I’ll never know. It haunts me to this day. I just know that I was spared a life changing event or worse. I hope everyone that remembers that day is doing well.