SEATTLE, WA -- On April 1, 1989, station KING5-TV aired a prank story claiming the collapse of the Space Needle. Even thought the story aired inside the station's weekly local comedy show Almost Live, ...

Those were the words from the KING 5 newsroom, which aired live on April 1, 1989, that launched perhaps the most infamous April Fools' Day prank in Seattle history and sent many in Washington state ...