Passage

A man stumbled on Vietnam’s Son Doong, the world’s largest cave passage. It took him years to find it again.

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Vietnam’s Son Doong is big enough to fit a skyscraper, but despite its immense size, it took 18 years for Ho Khanh, the man who first found the entrance, to rediscover Hang Son Doong, deep inside a Vietnamese jungle.  In 2009, Peter MacNab, along with a five-man team, were the first to explore the cave … Read more

Vietnam’s Son Doong: A rare journey inside the world’s largest cave passage

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For decades, 60 Minutes has explored some of the most remote and extraordinary places on Earth, places viewers have never been and likely will never go. But even by those standards, correspondent Scott Pelley’s latest assignment stands apart. “This was completely unique,” Pelley said. This week’s journey takes viewers deep into the largest known cave … Read more

New York’s newly identified Underground Railroad passage is under threat

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NEW YORK — A newly identified Underground Railroad passageway once used by enslaved people fleeing to freedom is putting the spotlight on a New York City museum and its struggle against a proposed neighboring development. Staff at the Merchant’s House Museum — an upper crust family home built in 1832 in Manhattan’s NoHo district — … Read more

Passage: In memoriam

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“Sunday Morning” remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including action movie icon Chuck Norris, star of the TV series “Walker, Texas Ranger”; and former FBI director Robert Mueller, who investigated Russian interference in U.S. elections. Source link

Strait of Hormuz: Why no one, so far, is rushing to help US open vital passage

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President Donald Trump, who went to war against Iran with only Israel at America’s side, is now imploring other countries to join the United States in a military operation to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. In weekend social media posts, Mr. Trump said the U.S. had asked seven countries to join in an effort to … Read more

Passage: In memoriam

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“Sunday Morning” remembers some of the notable figures who left us this week, including singer, songwriter and musician “Country Joe” McDonald, known for the Vietnam War protest song “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag.” Source link