Video: Remembering the time President Jimmy Carter visited Mt. St. Helens after the 1980 eruption

Dec 30, 2024, 1:53 PM | Updated: 2:28 pm

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Feliks Banel remembers where he was when President Jimmy Carter visited the Pacific Northwest following the devastation of the Mt. St. Helens eruption in May 1980. Feliks shared the story on Monday’s edition of Seattle’s Morning News.

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