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[narrator] Searching through the rubble and devastation
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Engineering Catastrophes

Searchingthrough the rubbleand devastation, Ian and the teamlocated the crane operator....

[narrator] Searching
through the rubble
and devastation, Ian and the team
located the crane operator. He was still alive,
just barely. [Ian] One of the paramedics
was a doctor, and it's simple, well

Full Transcript

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[narrator] Searching through the rubble and devastation,
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Ian and the team located the crane operator.
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He was still alive, just barely.
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[Ian] One of the paramedics was a doctor,
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and it's simple, well...
Duration
14 seconds
Views
11
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:41
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
5
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 • E07 NARRATOR: In the world's windiest city, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
NARRATOR: In the world's windiest city,
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: After Lawn Lake Dam failed - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
NARRATOR: After Lawn Lake Dam failed
S06 • E01 [narrator] Worse was to come - Engineering Catastrophes 00:19
[narrator] Worse was to come
S06 • E08 [narrator] Twelve nerve-racking hours later, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:17
[narrator] Twelve nerve-racking hours later,
S06 • E07 PENNINGTON: With the combination of wind and rain, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
PENNINGTON: With the combination of wind and rain,
S06 • E10 [narrator] In Manhattan, one of the world's tallest towers - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
[narrator] In Manhattan, one of the world's tallest tow...
S06 • E06 [narrator] But there's another weakness lurking - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
[narrator] But there's another weakness lurking
S06 • E09 In the wreckage, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
In the wreckage,
S06 • E05 ...was, was, "Get him out as quick as possible." - Engineering Catastrophes 00:36
...was, was, "Get him out as quick as possible."
S06 • E03 [narrator] The cause was identified. The sinkhole was definitively man-made. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
[narrator] The cause was identified. The sinkhole was def...
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: Water getting inside the building was only - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
NARRATOR: Water getting inside the building was only
S06 • E02 [narrator] After a historic Spanish road collapsed, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
[narrator] After a historic Spanish road collapsed,
S06 • E09 Dam safety engineer Mark Baker knows the case. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
Dam safety engineer Mark Baker knows the case.
S06 • E08 [narrator] Despite sinking deep into the prairie, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
[narrator] Despite sinking deep into the prairie,
S06 • E01 Nobody in their wildest dreams expected problems like this - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
Nobody in their wildest dreams expected problems like this
S06 • E06 In San Francisco, the Embarcadero's - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
In San Francisco, the Embarcadero's
S06 • E09 BAKER: The designers of the time knew that if you're gonna take - Engineering Catastrophes 00:16
BAKER: The designers of the time knew that if you're go...
S06 • E07 FOREMAN: One of the things that happens is that rain - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
FOREMAN: One of the things that happens is that rain
S06 • E04 [narrator] The cause was tragically simple, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:23
[narrator] The cause was tragically simple,
S06 • E01 [narrator] Authorities were left with no choice - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
[narrator] Authorities were left with no choice