posted by on December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 pm

Let's remember Officer Conley as well.
Officer Michael O. Conley Estes Park Police Department Officer Conley died in the Big Thompson Flood of July 31, 1976. Conley was on one of his days off and had gone to Loveland to pick up his wife from the bus depot. As he drove up the Big Thompson Canyon enroute to Estes Park, he became aware of the dangerous situation. In the general vicinity of the Waltonia Motel, Conley, on his own volition and while off duty, rescued approximately 60 people from the area before losing his own life in the flood. Two years after the flood, a memorial was dedicated at the mouth of the Big Thompson Canyon, honoring Officer Conley and Colorado State Patrol Sergeant Willis Hugh Purdy. Source: Estes Park Police Department.
posted by Jim Pipkin on March 12, 2006, 09:56:28 am

Amazing...
Had never heard this before... Amazing... very moving story and song... "greater love hath no man"...! I have to pick up this CD. Thanks folkalley, and to J. Pipkin for added info.
posted by Chris Clark on March 12, 2006, 07:21:39 pm