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[narrator]
But no one had yet realized
that Keiran was still inside. When the roof come down it just blew
the emergency door wide open, and anything
that was in the passage
just was thrown out like toys. [narrator]
Keiran's survival
was a miracle, and the city's luck
didn't end there. [Nigel]
Normally, on any weekend
we are incredibly busy. We only had a small group
of tennis players
that morning, and the good fortune
very simply being
no loss of life. [narrator] But Invercargill's
pride and joy lay in ruins. Why had a stadium designed to withstand
the region's extreme weather collapsed after just 10 years?
But no one had yet realized
that Keiran was still inside. When the roof come down it just blew
the emergency door wide open, and anything
that was in the passage
just was thrown out like toys. [narrator]
Keiran's survival
was a miracle, and the city's luck
didn't end there. [Nigel]
Normally, on any weekend
we are incredibly busy. We only had a small group
of tennis players
that morning, and the good fortune
very simply being
no loss of life. [narrator] But Invercargill's
pride and joy lay in ruins. Why had a stadium designed to withstand
the region's extreme weather collapsed after just 10 years?
Full Transcript
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[narrator]
But no one had yet realized
that Keiran was still inside.
00:00:05.633 --> 00:00:06.733
When the roof come down
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it just blew
the emergency door wide open,
00:00:09.004 --> 00:00:12.433
and anything
that was in the passage
just was thrown out like toys.
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[narrator]
Keiran's survival
was a miracle,
00:00:16.002 --> 00:00:18.009
and the city's luck
didn't end there.
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[Nigel]
Normally, on any weekend
we are incredibly busy.
00:00:21.799 --> 00:00:24.001
We only had a small group
of tennis players
that morning,
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and the good fortune
very simply being
no loss of life.
00:00:27.009 --> 00:00:31.233
[narrator] But Invercargill's
pride and joy lay in ruins.
00:00:31.799 --> 00:00:33.001
Why had a stadium
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designed to withstand
the region's extreme weather
00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:38.699
collapsed after just 10 years?
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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.