WMC 10pm - 3/26/87 Chi Omega tragedy

[@benjaminwatson6943]

Rest In Peace Dad, love you. #BenWatson

[@corym8358]

He was an excellent reporter and nice man. I met him when he lived at Miller's Pond.

[@corym8358]

The news anchors and reporters had class in those days. They are mostly unprofessional and overweight now.

[@BethMDowney]

Remember when this happened, 30 years ago. The descriptions of the accident scene still give me chills. One correction; pretty sure Shepard Smith had already left Ole Miss for a news job in Florida before this happened.

[@jamesfields2916]

In 2023 just read a story on the accident. It was horrific. Incredible article a young lady named Paige Williams wrote for O Magazine. Google it. It brought tears to my eyes.

[@jwgreek8606]

I am an Atlanta native and grew up watching Brenda Wood on WMC-TV. It's good to see her so young

[@jamesfields2916]

Just thinking the same thing.

[@jwgreek8606]

Just now getting this hard to believe this was 16 years ago.

[@jamesfields2916]

@@jwgreek8606 didn't realize KZbin has been on 16 years and that might be a record longest time to comment on a post and the fact you read it so quickly. I went to Ole Miss and moved to Atlanta after. Had her in Memphis and Atlanta.

[@jwgreek8606]

It has been around for about 18-19 years

[@jwgreek8606]

@@jamesfields2916 YT has been on for 18 years actually

[@AldenRDavis]

Former WMC anchor and reporter Ben Watson died after suffering a fatal heart attack, he was 63 at the time.

[@southernfratdude]

wow, i have never seen this video before....sparky had tears in his eyes!!!! this made me cry! amazing the history we can find out from youtube.

[@e.f.t.v.8361]

Brenda Wood left Memphis for Atlanta's channel 5 WAGA, which was then a CBS affiliate later turned FOX. The fanfare for her moving to WXIA-11 came as she waited out a non-compete clause after leaving WAGA channel 5.

[@autumn8281]

I remember that accident. One of the victims was from my hometown.

[@highnoon9333]

Brenda Wood retired from WXIA in Atlanta in February 2017.

[@jwgreek8606]

good to see Brenda Wood so young

[@radudeATL]

Right now she is in Beijing for the Olympics. Before she left, she said "I'll See you in September! Remember that?!"

[@jwgreek8606]

Who Brenda?

[@dolphinbuc]

I used to love that woman! Brenda made me wanna be a man.I was only a teenager back then,but she had my total attention.

[@kevindouglas5333]

I believe a total of 5 died

[@1thetvzone]

@JeffATL 6,7,10, 11pm news is what she anchors on 11ALIVE and you can watch her 7pm news live on the 11alive website

[@leshaunfossett]

He still is...

[@bastihirsch1840]

More about the accident and its impact on those who were affected by it: "We Thought the Sun Would Always Shine on Our Lives" www.oprah.com/relationships/women-of-chi-omega-accident-paige-williams

[@jamesfields2916]

I'm not sure why I thought of this accident in August 2023. Googled it and that was the article it pulled up. The poor young man who came across the accident with his girlfriend is a hero. Can't imagine how that affected him throughout his life.

[@MrJsmoove1984]

brenda wood is fine as ever on this clip