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Explosion at Falk Corporation
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Discussion Started: 12-06-2006, 10:01 AM
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A major explosion rocked Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley on Wedndesday, December 6, 2006.
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Were you in the area? What did you experience?
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noahsnanny
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12-12-2006, 10:12 PM
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I worked at Falk for 33 yrs and now retired. My husband is there 41 yrs now, and was in Shop 4 at the time of the explosion. He was taken to Aurora Sinai, cleaned up and came home. I thank God daily that it wasn't any worse for him. It was awful to hear that 3 had died, then to find out that you knew one very well hit home bad. Our prayers have been with the families since day one, and we can only hope that the memories of their loved ones will help them continue on. God has a plan, and he needed some great guys to help him out, and that's what we have at Falk.. Great people, fantastic workers, and good friends.
Warm Regards
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eirrac
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12-08-2006, 9:14 AM
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As a spouse of a Falk employee I would like to thank the staff at Fridays and Miller Park for all the kind words and actions you showed for the families and employees. Our thoughts and prayers are with the familes friends and other co-workers of the three deceased and the many others that were injured.
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Tracy1104
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12-07-2006, 12:12 PM
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I was outside getting ready to take my daughter to school. I was scraping my car around 8:10am, I heard a loud pop and the ground and house shook. I thought that it was Ladish which is about two blocks away.
T Navarro
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EnatWis
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12-07-2006, 9:50 AM
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I live in Cudahy, I heard a loud boom at about 8:10 Wednesday morning. I had just woke up to get my son out of his crib. about 10 minuets later my Mother in Law called to tell us that there was an explosion at the Falk Corperation where my Father in Law works. He was shacken up but ok. I imidiatly turned on Channel 12 news and stayed on channel 12 all day. Thank you for covering a story that has had such an impact on not only our family but the whole community.
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jlsteffo
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12-07-2006, 7:24 AM
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First let me say that my heartfelt prayers go out to each and every member of Falk and the community that has been affected by this tragedy
I live by the airport and thought our roof was caving in until I learned that there had been an explosion.
Our neighbors husband works at Falk but he had just gotten home as he was on the night shift. My step Brother is also on the Urban Response and Rescue team for the MFD so he was a first responder to the scene. I give our Emergency teams a standing ovation in Milwaukee for how they handled this tragedy
I am amazed at how well the City responded to this Disaster. Scott Walker take note the SAME departments that you want to cut funding for are the ones who ROSE to the occassion yesterday to save people's lives.
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sadeena
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12-07-2006, 12:46 AM
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my son had just walked out of the door to go to his bus stop,when I heard what sounded like a truck going through my backyard.When I got to work later in the day,some employees said that when the explosion happened ceiling tiles in the back of the store fell.The store I work at is located on 27th and Oaklahoma.A frind of mine who lives in Oak Creek,said she thought a plane crashed at the airport
many prayers,sadie
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neumann
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12-06-2006, 11:21 PM
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I was at school (Pius XI) and i was board during tac so i took a look out side looking out the window i noticed the cloud that look like a tornado past miller park because my tac faces west towards miller park i thought it was a wierd cloud so i was lost and didnt know im sorry for the family that lost there loved one
neumann
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carlysue
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12-06-2006, 10:46 PM
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I woke up around 7:30 and made some coffee and started to read the newspaper. And around 8:15 I heard this big loud noise and I thought something fell on my house or there was a big accident nearby. I looked outside my window to check my car and my house and windows started to rattle. Then I heard on the radio what happened. My prayers and thoughts go to the families. God Bless them all
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pamoe
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12-06-2006, 10:29 PM
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I go to school right on 35th and Scott, which is near the bridge. Just got to school, sat down for a few minutes and was already falling asleep, and then a I hear a bang accompanies by scary trembles that felt like earthquakes. The widows blinds were shaken and all of us thought a car had crashed into the side of the building or if the school was going to fall down. Some of us immediately ran outside and can smell gas.
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drummerman
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12-06-2006, 10:12 PM
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hi i live in Franlkin and at school today in my 1st hour class we were watching a movie and it sounded like someone was pounding on all three doors of our room and the teacher opened the door to find no one later on today i found out about the explosion realizing thats what made the our room shake
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