Scenes, video: Thiokol plant explosion, 50th anniversary

Families, victims, former workers and community members gathered Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, to remember the dead and honor the work of first responders from the day in 1971 when a horrific explosion wrecked the Thiokol Plant-Woodbine.

Twenty-nine died from that blast. The plant workers made trip wires for the U.S. Army soldiers in the Vietnam War.

• Thiokol explosion: 50 years later, families seek to be remembered

Photos, video by Laura Corley/The Current