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Then, those loads get transferred into the foundation

Engineering Catastrophes

Then, those loads get transferred into the foundation. Four days after 9/1 my cousins and...

Engineering Catastrophes • S06E02 • 2018

Then, those loads get transferred into the foundation. [narrator] Today, the vital system of support keeps the causeway standing strong. And there's a very good reas it had to be built so robustly. Friday night, September 14, 2001. Robert Espericueta was on the water heading to nearby fishing spot Laguna Madre. in search of respite after a national tragedy. [Robert] Four days after 9/1 my cousins and I decided
that we wanted to go fishing
just to, kind of, get our minds off of what was going on in the world. [narrator] Robert and his group were on their boat about 150 yards North of the causeway, when the dark silence was suddenly broken. [Robert] We heard the sound of metal scratching up against concrete. And this huge boom
followed it right afterwards
and then a slap

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Then, those loads get transferred into the foundation.

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[narrator] Today, the vital system of support

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keeps the causeway standing strong.

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And there's a very good reas it had to be built so robustly.

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Friday night, September 14, 2001.

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Robert Espericueta was on the water heading to nearby fishing spot Laguna Madre.

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in search of respite after a national tragedy.

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[Robert] Four days after 9/1

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my cousins and I decided that we wanted to go fishing just to, kind of,

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get our minds off of what was going on in the world.

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[narrator] Robert and his group were on their boat

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about 150 yards North of the causeway,

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when the dark silence was suddenly broken.

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[Robert] We heard the sound of metal scratching up against concrete.

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And this huge boom followed it right afterwards and then a slap.

Duration

59 seconds

Views

11

Timestamp in Movie

00:13:58

Uploaded

Oct 28, 2025

Season

6

Episode

2

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.