This is a 4-part series retelling the stories, remembering the dead and revisiting the families of the tragedies that struck in the Summer of '98 in Morganton:

The Cold Water Street Bridge Collapse and a conversation with Ricky Bean's widow.

The Center Street Stabbings and Meta Button's mother recovery.

The Linville Gorge Slayings and the journey of Tommi Byrd's mother.

On this site, we have a reporter's video diary; footage of the bridge collapse and readers' remember Morganton - It was the summer of 1998.