Halifax Explosion survivors heard on tapes lost for decades
During a recent move, Rick Howe spotted a cassette tape he hadn't seen in years. When he slid it into his vintage Marantz recorder, the sounds carried him back half a century — and the voices took him back more than 100 years.
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![Rick Howe's vintage Marantz recorder brought the tape-recorded sounds back to life after 45 years. A black Marantz recorder sits on a coffee table next to two cassette tapes.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7058875.1702567984!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/rick-howe-s-vintage-marantz-recorder-brought-the-tape-recorded-sounds-back-to-life-after-45-y.jpg)
During a recent move, Rick Howe spotted a cassette tape he hadn't seen in years. When he slid it into his vintage Marantz recorder, the sounds carried him back half a century — and the voices took him back more than 100 years.