>> A JURY THAT TOOK A 100 YEARS
THE SHIP IRON SCOW HAS BEEN
STUCK ABOVE NIAGARA FALLS SINCE
1918. THAT WAS UNTIL LATE LAST
WEEK WHEN A POWERFUL STORM
DISLODGED IT FROM ITS POSITION
SENDING IT DOWNSTREAM BEFORE
GETTING STUCK AGAIN
HILL'S THE SENIOR MANAGER AT
THE NIAGARA FALLS HERITAGE
CENTER AND JOINS US NOW
VIA SKYPE I'M BRENT OF IRON
SKIES NEW RESTING PLACE JEN
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE. HELLO HOW
ARE YOU OK SO ARE YOU SURPRISED
THAT THE STORM WAS ABLE TO
PROVE THIS SHIP.
>> WELL I THINK FOR EVERYBODY
LIVES NEAR THE NIGER RIVER,
THIS WAS A BIT OF A SURPRISE
BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THAT THE SKY
WAS ALWAYS BEEN HERE AND FOR
EVERYBODY LIVES IT UP FOR US TO
KNOW IS HAS BEEN SO IT'S BEEN
STUCK FOR
101 YEARS BUT TO BE FAIR WE'VE
BEEN LOSING PIECES OF IT FOR
DECADES, SO WE'RE REALLY ONLY
ABOUT HALF OF IT WAS LEFT WHEN
ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT THERE AS A
VICIOUS STORM HERE A LOT OF
RAIN AND WIND
AND IT BASICALLY PUSHED WHAT
WAS LEFT OF THE SCOUT DOWN
RIVER A LITTLE BIT IT'S SORT OF
PIVOTED AROUND IN THE CURRENT.
>> COLLEEN SEEMS PRETTY M
CAN YOU CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH
WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS
THAT THE SHIP BEHIND YOU AND I
KNOW WE'RE IN SKYPE SO IT'S A
LITTLE HARD TO SEE BUT WHAT ARE
WE LOOKING.
>> THAT IT'S IT'S HARD TO TELL
WHAT'S BEHIND IT BECAUSE NOW
IT START. WHAT LOOKS LIKE JUST
LIKE A BIG SECTION OF SCRAP
METAL SO WEEK AGO IT STILL
LOOKED LIKE A BOAT
THAT HAVE BEEN STUCK THERE
SINCE AUGUST 1918.
BUT BASICALLY IT WAS ALMOST
LIKE A HOLLYWOOD FACADE YOU CAN
ONLY SEE IT FROM THE CANADIAN
SIDE AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS
FACING THE AMERICAN SIDE
OF THE RIVER OR UPPER RIVER HAD
ALREADY DISAPPEARED ALREADY
BROUGHT IT AWAY AND FALL IN A
WAY SO JUST A MATTER OF TIME
BEFORE THAT TIPPED OVER AND
IT'S REALLY THAT STORM ON
HALLOWEEN THAT THAT AFFLICTED
SINCE FUNDED AROUND WHERE IT'S
BEEN STUCK SINCE 1918.
THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY GO THAT
FAR TO ONE SECTION OF IT IS IS
PRETTY MUCH STILL IN PLACE IT
PIVOTED SORT OF ON
ONE AND SO ONLY MOVED ABOUT A
150 FEET LESS THAN 50 METERS.
>> ARE YOU SHOCKED AT THE
AMOUNT OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN
THIS
>> WELL I THINK THERE'S A
THERE'S THIS NOTION THAT
THERE'S A MASSIVE OCEAN LINER
STUCK ABOVE THE MIGHT BE
HEADING. TO THE BRINK ABOUT
THAT IS THAT THE KEY ACE WHAT
THIS THIS THIS WAS
A BAR LARGE REALLY HEAVILY
BUILT BECAUSE IT WAS IT WAS
DESIGNED A HALL FILLED. BACA
100 YEARS
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S LASTED
THIS LONG, IT'S REALLY A TOUGH.
AND THERE WERE
2 LEAD STUCK ON IT THEY HAD TO
BE RESCUED IN DRAMATIC FASHION.
THEY WERE RESCUED HERE BACK IN
AUGUST OF 1918.
>> SO TO BE CLEAR THIS DOESN'T
POSE ANY THREAT TO
THE FAA CALLS ARE TO THE
MILLIONS OF TOURISTS THAT COME
EVERY YEAR TO SEE IT.
>> YEAH WE WE DON'T THINK
THAT'S A THAT'S A CAUSE FOR
CONCERN IT'S IN SUCH
BAD SHAPE. SO BROKEN UP NOW
THAT I WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO LOSE IT IN PIECES
AND EVEN THOSE PIECES PROBABLY
WON'T MAKE IT TO THE WATERFALL.
POS THIS NASTY BIT
OF RAPIDS. THE THE
RIVER WIDENS OUT BEFORE IT GETS
TO THE BRINK. SO IT'S
QUITE SHALLOW AND THE WATER
DOESN'T RUN AS ROUGH SO, BUT
PROBABLY HAVE SORT OF A DEBRIS
FIELD AS THE POOR WORLD SCOUT.
TO
FALL APART.
>> AND SOUNDS KIND OF SAD AND
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A BIG TOURIST
ATTRACTION. BUT YOU THINK THAT
PEOPLE NOW COM AND SEE THE NEW
RESTING PLACE.
>> WELL WE
PROBABLY OVER THE PAST 5 OR 6
DAYS A FEW 1000 PEOPLE HAVE
COME BY TO CHECK OUT
WHERE IT IS NOW THEY'VE OFTEN
BROUGHT THEIR KIDS AND
GRANDKIDS BECAUSE IT ISN'T THE
BOAT. THAT'S IMPORTANT AROUND
HERE. IT'S THE STORY OF THE
DRAMATIC RESCUE. THAT TOOK
PLACE HERE IN THE COOPERATION
BETWEEN PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF
THE BORDER HERE
TO RESCUE THESE POOR GUYS WHO
FOUND THEMSELVES STUCK OUT ON
THAT BOAT.
>> ALL RIGHT JIM HILL OF THE
NIAGARA FALLS HERITAGE CENTER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING