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Engineering Catastrophes

Like it felt likeit was going to collapse,pancake even more. But Paul knewlives could...

Like it felt like
it was going to collapse,
pancake even more. [narrator] But Paul knew
lives could depend on him, so as aftershock struck, he crawled
into the burning wreckage

Full Transcript

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Like it felt like it was going to collapse, pancake even more.
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[narrator] But Paul knew lives could depend on him,
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so as aftershock struck,
00:00:09.367 --> 00:00:11.766
he crawled into the burning wreckage.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
11
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:13
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
8
Genres
documentary
Production
Moviecoop

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Movie Summary

With access to all phases of design and a large cast of experts, some of the great failures of engineering history are uncovered.
S06 • E09 But the collapse had also severed I-5, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
But the collapse had also severed I-5,
S06 • E02 [narrator] But a few days before the disaster, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:17
[narrator] But a few days before the disaster,
S06 • E01 And that is where my babies were. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
And that is where my babies were.
S06 • E07 This was literally as if you were adjacent to a forest fire. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
This was literally as if you were adjacent to a forest fire.
S06 • E05 But they didn't realize that where they were dredging, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
But they didn't realize that where they were dredging,
S06 • E10 How could I save myself? - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
How could I save myself?
S06 • E06 Everything on this side of the block was totally crushed. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
Everything on this side of the block was totally crushed.
S06 • E04 [narrator] With the Hernando de Soto shut down, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
[narrator] With the Hernando de Soto shut down,
S06 • E09 The pressure was on to get the interstate up and running - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
The pressure was on to get the interstate up and running
S06 • E05 [narrator] In an oil terminal, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:24
[narrator] In an oil terminal,
S06 • E07 I mean, just walking outside in our area was brutal. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
I mean, just walking outside in our area was brutal.
S06 • E09 Engineers came up with an ingenious solution to build - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
Engineers came up with an ingenious solution to build
S06 • E08 [narrator] In Christchurch, New Zealand, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
[narrator] In Christchurch, New Zealand,
S06 • E02 It can be used for everythin from heavy lifting to digging trenches, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
It can be used for everythin from heavy lifting to diggin...
S06 • E01 Um, down the stairs and I screamed as loud - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
Um, down the stairs and I screamed as loud
S06 • E07 But as residents waited for the smoke to clear, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
But as residents waited for the smoke to clear,
S06 • E10 [narrator] With the route ahead blocked, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:23
[narrator] With the route ahead blocked,
S06 • E06 It's a monstrous thing. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
It's a monstrous thing.
S06 • E04 [Adel] If you look at the map of the US, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
[Adel] If you look at the map of the US,
S06 • E02 They were actually taking a skid steer - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
They were actually taking a skid steer