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[narrator] Nearly 48 hours after the collapse
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Engineering Catastrophes

Nearly 48 hours after the collapse, rescue parties made a tragic discovery... the body of...

[narrator] Nearly 48 hours after the collapse, rescue parties made a tragic discovery... the body of the missing worker. After an extensive
rescue operation, it became apparent that the worker sadly died. I was presented
with people who were,
who were grief-stricken

Full Transcript

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[narrator] Nearly 48 hours after the collapse,
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rescue parties made a tragic discovery...
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the body of the missing worker.
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After an extensive rescue operation,
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it became apparent that the worker sadly died.
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I was presented with people who were, who were grief-stricken.
Duration
23 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:44
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
3
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 An investigation was underway to understand why it failed. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
An investigation was underway to understand why it failed.
S06 • E02 [narrator] And with a blowdown, that control is key. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
[narrator] And with a blowdown, that control is key.
S06 • E01 [narrator] With the city in mourning, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
[narrator] With the city in mourning,
S06 • E07 So why had the fire simmered instead - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
So why had the fire simmered instead
S06 • E04 [narrator] The crack was in a critical girder, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
[narrator] The crack was in a critical girder,
S06 • E09 Civil Engineering Professor Tracy Abbot - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
Civil Engineering Professor Tracy Abbot
S06 • E06 {\an8}And on the morning of the collapse, it was both windy and snowing. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
{\an8}And on the morning of the collapse, it was both windy ...
S06 • E05 [narrator] In Corpus Christi, Texas, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:20
[narrator] In Corpus Christi, Texas,
S06 • E10 [woman speaking over radio] - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
[woman speaking over radio]
S06 • E07 Looking at the chemical inventory, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
Looking at the chemical inventory,
S06 • E02 So that if something does go wrong, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
So that if something does go wrong,
S06 • E06 {\an8}Not a hurricane or a storm type wind, it was windy. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
{\an8}Not a hurricane or a storm type wind, it was windy.
S06 • E09 It had concrete columns that were in what was - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
It had concrete columns that were in what was
S06 • E01 [narrator] In West Texas, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
[narrator] In West Texas,
S06 • E07 WALKER: To put this into perspective, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
WALKER: To put this into perspective,
S06 • E06 [narrator] But with a crane this size, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
[narrator] But with a crane this size,
S06 • E04 If that beam had completely cracked, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
If that beam had completely cracked,
S06 • E02 In a dense urban area, it's jut not the way to do this. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
In a dense urban area, it's jut not the way to do th...
S06 • E03 [narrator] In the wake of the disaster, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
[narrator] In the wake of the disaster,
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: The fact that flash flooding - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
NARRATOR: The fact that flash flooding