It's the story of the fall of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge on November 7, 1940, otherwise known as Galloping Gertie. Producing the documentary was a tactical challenge. "The Tacoma Narrows is ...

TACOMA, Wash. — There had been plenty of warning before November 7, 1940, so cameras were ready when Galloping Gertie, the four-month-old suspension bridge linking Tacoma to the Kitsap Peninsula ...

A lot of people know that the only fatality when Galloping Gertie fell into the Tacoma Narrows on Nov. 7, 1940, was a dog. The little pooch was paralyzed with fear and could not be coaxed out of ...

Northwest Room/Tacoma Public Lib Even though Galloping Gertie bucked her last with a newspaperman onboard 75 years ago this week, The News Tribune’s Leonard Coatsworth got scooped on the story ...