Just 20 Feet From Safety: The Story of the SS Eastland

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Travel back in time to July 24, 1915, to relive the events, aftermath, and ongoing legends that surround the sinking of the "Speed Queen of the Great Lakes" while she was docked in the Chicago River. Nationally known actor Terry Lynch portrays Ollie Sanders, a Western Electric employee and eyewitness to the Eastland disaster.