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Jerry Shaffer, at his Drake home Friday afternoon July 22, 2016, describes the death of a close friend in his arms as they fought in the pitch-black night to survive the 1976 Big Thompson flood. (Photo by Michael Brian/Loveland Reporter-Herald)
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Jerry Shaffer, a survivor of the 1976 Big Thompson flood, reminisces at his Drake home Friday afternoon July 22, 2016 about his banjo, and the strap he created for the bicentennial, both having survived that flood. Shaffer will perform two songs during Sunday's 40th anniversary memorial service in Drake. (Photo by Michael Brian/Loveland Reporter-Herald)
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Jerry Shaffer, a survivor of the 1976 Big Thompson flood, describes holding onto close friend Ealy Lee, who later died in his arms, while being hit by the full force of those rising waters at his Drake home Friday afternoon July 22, 2016. (Photo by Michael Brian/Loveland Reporter-Herald)
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Jerry Shaffer, a survivor of the 1976 Big Thompson flood, stands in the partially-rebuilt lower level of his Drake home Friday afternoon July 22, 2016. The home, next to the Shaffer's Drake Campground, was heavily damaged in the 2013 flood and is being slowly rebuilt with the aid of grants, donations, and volunteers. (Photo by Michael Brian/Loveland Reporter-Herald)
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Three years after the 2013 Big Thompson flood, Jerry Shaffer's garage, pictured here Friday afternoon July 22, 2016, is still piled full of his family's belongings while their home is slowly rebuilt through grants, donations, and the help of volunteers. (Photo by Michael Brian/Loveland Reporter-Herald)
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Jerry Shaffer, a survivor of the 1976 Big Thompson Flood, shows off a banjo and strap that survived that flood while reminiscing at his partially-rebuilt Drake home Friday afternoon July 22, 2016. Shaffer's current home was heavily damaged in the 2013 flooding. (Photo by Michael Brian/Loveland Reporter-Herald)