Disasters Documents

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.

Image of a New York Times press article entitled: CZAR'S HEIR HAS BLEEDING DISEASE This story was originally published in London on November 9, ...

Black Hawk Down was produced and distributed, in 2001, by Columbia Pictures.  It had a budget of $95 million and is 144 minutes long. Production ...

In his book Auschwitz: Technique and Operation of the Gas Chambers, Jean Claude Pressac (originally a Holocaust denier until he reviewed documentary e...

Image from the British Law Courts Report by Lord Mersey. Click on the image for a better view.

Image from the British Law Courts Report by Lord Mersey. Click on the image for a better view.

Image of a report called Affidavit of Surgeon reporting on 1st Cabin survivors picked up by the Carpathia. Click on the image for a better view.

Several resources are available to help children process the horrific events in Haiti.  The following are a few which may be useful. Talking to ...

Among other things in his December 8th report, Hopkins notes - at page two - the FBI's efforts to get a confession from Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price: ...

This image depicts the front cover of Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It, by Gina Kola...

This book, by Tony Allan, uses data from 35 burial sites to examine what we can learn from people who lived before us.  Using forensic, archeolog...

Further investigating their concerns about the Solid-Rocket-Motor joints and the potential failure of O-rings, NASA officials met with outside experts...

Further investigating their concerns about the Solid-Rocket-Motor joints and the potential failure of O-rings, NASA officials met with outside experts...

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