‘We will never forget’: One year after Alabama’s deadly boat dock fire
Updated on Jan 27, 2021;
Published on Jan 27, 2021
Scottsboro Fire Chief Gene Necklaus points to a cross that overlooks the spot where a boat dock fire on Jan. 27, 2020 killed eight people at Jackson County Park. Ashley Remkus | aremkus@al.com
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A small cross adorned with purple and white flowers overlooks the spot where Dock B once stretched across the water that flows around Jackson County Park.
That dock is gone now. It was consumed one year ago today in one of the worst maritime disasters in Alabama’s history.