Seconds from Disaster S03E01 - Skywalk Collapse
Seconds from disaster - Department store collapse
Seconds from Disaster S01E08 - Fire on the Slope
Seconds From Disaster S3E13 - Asian Tsunami
Seconds From Disaster S01E07 - Inferno in Guadalajara
The British car ferry M/S Herald of Free Enterprise departs the port of Zeebrugge in Belgium. The crew have left the bow doors open and water splashes into the car deck. So much water pours in that the car ferry capsizes, drowning 193.
The most violent outbreak of tornadoes in history, the Super Outbreak, releases 149 tornadoes in 13 American states and a province in Canada. Thousands of homes and over 350 people die in the period of the outbreak. 5,000 people are left homeless and injured. Note: This episode only focuses on the 148 tornadoes that hit the USA, not the 149th one that hit Canada.
TWA crash in 1996
During the Olympic Games in Munich, 11 Israeli athletes are held hostage by Palestinian terrorists. They demand the list of Palestine prisoners in exchange for the release of the atheltes. But at Fürstenfeldbruck Airport, a rescue attempt goes wrong and by 12:01 am on the next day, 17 people are dead.
A documentary exploring the causes of the 1929 Wall Street Crash. Over six terrifying, desperate days in October 1929, shares crashed by a third on the New York Stock Exchange. More than $25 billion in individual wealth was lost. Later, three thousand banks failed, taking people's savings with them. Surviving eyewitnesses describe the biggest financial catastrophe in history. In 1919, the US had emerged victorious and dominant from World War One. Britain and its European allies were exhausted financially from the war. In contrast, the US economy was thriving and the world danced to the American tune. Easy credit and mass production set the tone in the roaring twenties for an era of consumption like none that had ever been seen before. The stock market rose and investors piled in, borrowing money to cash in on the bubble. In 1928, the market went up by 50 per cent in just 12 months. The crash was followed by a devastating worldwide depression that lasted until the Second World War. Shares did not regain their pre-crash values until 1954. This is the story of a financial disaster that we hoped could never happen again.
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