Do you think Floyd rocked?

[johnnie]

[maveric]

1. Oh Yeeeeeeeeeesssssssssss!

[johnnie]

2. Heh

I couldn't think of how to post that. You got it..LOL.

[lenidog]

3. That is like asking if the sun is going to rise tomorrow

[johnnie]

6. So..is that a maybe?

[solinvictus]

4. We had a record shop here in Birmingham about 15 years ago named Floyd's

They used Howard McNeer for the logo.

[Robeson]

5. Nah, a little to elevator-y for me....

....

[johnnie]

7. Oh but..

He really was a great piano player.

[yellowdogintexas]

8. No, he was trapped by one.....

TRAPPED!

In nineteen hundred twenty-five, "Twas in my fifteenth year. I witnessed such a tragedy; A cave became a bier. His name was Floyd Collins, Spelunker's work today That he'd be called. He crawled in caves; Exploring was his way. But in the dead of winter, With snow the land was capped, Alone in damp and bleak Sand Cave, Floyd Collins was entrapped. They tried to get him out the way He went into the cave, And many men worked at the job, Men dauntless, stout, and brave. Their strenuous efforts came to naught, So down into the ground They sank a shaft to reach the man And there his body found. His father, Homer, knew my Dad and asked Dad to give The funeral sermon then and there. Flyod's body did not live. The Pathe camera's ground away As Dad the sermon preached. The news heard all round the world, To millions it was reached. Save war, 'twas biggest human interest tale In more than hundred years. It caught world-wide attention and moved many folks to tears. I went with Dad when he did go To Sand Cave and did pray To God to save Floyd Collins' life Before he passed away. In Trapped, by Brucker, Murray, too You can pursue this tale. It sometimes makes your blood run cold And makes your face turn pale.
BY JOHN EDWARD DICKEY, SON OF THE FAMOUS JOHN JAY DICKEY Thanks to: J.P. Downard of nearby Louisville, KY.
William Burke "Skeets" Miller won the Pulitzer Prize for his report in the Courier- Journal, where Mr. Downard worked for 38 years, retiring in 1983.

Floyd Collin's family owned Crystal Cave. A nice cave but it was too far off the tourist trail to make much money. Floyd was determined to find an entrance to the Mammoth Cave System that visitors would see before they came to Mammoth's historic entrance. Sand Cave is one of those little "nothing" caves that are usually bypassed by almost everyone. Floyd was on his way out of a dangerous unstable passage when a 27 pound rock fell on his foot. There is a chance that the passage did lead to Mammoth and that Floyd had *found* what he was looking for when he got trapped. Understand, Floyd Collins was known as the best caver in the country surrounding the longest cave system in the world. Decades later explorers found things miles from Crystal Cave indicating Floyd was indeed the greatest caver. But further exploration that day was not to be. Just 120 feet from the entrance and 60 feet underground, Floyd lay unable to move in the darkness. The night of Jan. 30, 1925 passed with no relief for Floyd Collins.

For more than 2 weeks, Floyd suffered in that cold, wet tight passage. Above was a carnival atmosphere, each day the news was reported in the Louisville, KY newspaper from a first-hand account as their brave cub reporter navigated the unstable cave passage, fed, talked with and even attempted several times to free Floyd himself.

[johnnie]

9. Yikes

That must have been a kick in the dick.

[yellowdogintexas]

11. It was actually a fracture in the ankle, probably. Read the book

TRAPPED! by Roger Brucker

Good Story.

[baldguy]

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