The Engineers Said Nothing Can Pull It Out — Then the Old Man Fired Up a 1949 Wrecker

Michael | Digital Meteorologist

In November 1991, an 80,000-pound cattle truck jackknifed on Interstate 80 outside Council Bluffs, Iowa, and slid 40 feet down an embankment into a frozen creek bed. The biggest towing company in western Iowa showed up with their pride and joy—a 1989 Century 9055 rotator wrecker worth $185,000, equi