Harvey's Bombing

This is the moment that a homemade bomb exploded in Harvey's Casino at Lake Tahoe. This was an extortion attempt that went wrong; the bomb squad accidentally detonated the explosive while trying to disarm it.

Date Uploaded: May 31, 2020

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Contributor: Bob Hume on Facebook

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Source Caption: August 1980. Harvey's Lake Tahoe. Haven't seen this aerial shot before. My memory is that it was a surreal experience, unbelievable at the time. Something like this probably wouldn't be as weird now as then. Found in the archives of the San Francisco Chronicle. Link below with more pictures. pc Fred Larson (camera) and Peter Breinig (pilot).

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