It was the biggest headline of 1962, possibly the biggest of that decade.
And 48 years later it still touches the lives and the congregation of a venerable Quincy church.
"Tragic Drownings Sadden County" screamed the front page of the Gadsden County Times to a community still in shock.
That Saturday -- Aug. 18, 1962 -- a horrific accident turned a Sunday school outing into a tragedy beyond belief for the small community of Quincy.