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[narrator] Friday morning, August 21st 2020

Engineering Catastrophes

Friday morning,August 21st 2020. Dredging workwas well underway. Nearby, Coast...

Engineering Catastrophes • S06E05 • 2018

[narrator] Friday morning,
August 21st 2020. Dredging work
was well underway. Nearby, Coast Guard
Lieutenant Dan Gilles Nearby, Coast Guard
Lieutenant Dan Gilles was at the beginning
of a 24-hour shift. [Dan] I was actually
sitting in my office,
on the second floor, and one of my friends came in, and he grabbed me
and said, "Hey, something-- Something's happening
at the port." [narrator] Captured on
the port security cameras, shortly after 8:00 am... [explosion] ...disaster struck

Full Transcript

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[narrator] Friday morning, August 21st 2020.

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Dredging work was well underway.

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Nearby, Coast Guard Lieutenant Dan Gilles

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Nearby, Coast Guard Lieutenant Dan Gilles

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was at the beginning of a 24-hour shift.

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[Dan] I was actually sitting in my office, on the second floor,

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and one of my friends came in,

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and he grabbed me and said, "Hey, something--

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Something's happening at the port."

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[narrator] Captured on the port security cameras,

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shortly after 8:00 am...

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[explosion]

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...disaster struck.

Duration

32 seconds

Views

12

Timestamp in Movie

00:04:20

Uploaded

Oct 28, 2025

Season

6

Episode

5

Genres

Production

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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.