Whether natural or man-made, disasters simultaneously cause massive destruction and unity of people trying to help those in need. Discover some of the world's worst disasters in this collection.
Just like the Deepwater Horizon itself, with its many moving parts, the disaster at the rig includes many details. This story summarizes the key issue...
A Soviet sub hit the Wilhelm Gustloff with three torpedoes.
Japan surrenders on August 14, 1945, just eight days after the US drops an atom bomb on Hiroshima.
In order to survive, starving men of the whaleship Essex resort to cannabilism, the very thing which kept them from seeking refuge at islands much-clo...
Lucas, Belon's son, describes living through the tsunami, the survivors, the hospital and rescue by his father and brothers.
In April 2009, a Mexican woman dies from a severe virus; soon many others are ill around the world. Scientists believe the H1N1 Swine Flu virus is the...
The Nazis swear secrecy and follow a strict set of rules.
Sometimes when the Earth's tectonic plates move, earthquakes occur or volcanoes erupt.
Hitlers reign WWII, but ends in defeat and Hitlers suicide.
During the"Perfect Storm"of 1991, the Andrea Gail, a commercial fishing vessel, is lost at sea, with her six-man crew.
Abraham Zapruder, a local Dallas businessman who is watching President Kennedy's motorcade in Dallas, records the entire shooting.
Mohamed Atta and four other hijackers seize control of the American Airlines 767 and crash it into the North Tower.
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