Description
It's early in the morning on a Tuesday when you're awakened by the shaking of your bed, of your entire home. You think for a moment it's the end of the world. You and your family make it out of your home, even though so many others do not. For a moment, you think you are safe. Then, you smell smoke.
Videos:
A Trip Down Market Street, San Francisco - April 14th, 1906
Disaster by the Bay: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906
The Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Documentary
Footage of San Francisco's 1906 quake as it occurred
San Francisco after the devastating earthquake in 1906 like you've never seen before in color! [HD]
Articles and books:
The San Francisco Earthquake: A Minute-by-Minute Account of the 1906 Disaster, by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts
The Museum of the City of San Francisco: Timeline of the San Francisco Earthquake, April 18 - 23, 1906, along with a timeline of the graft investigation
In the first in this five-part series, we look at the town of Uvalde, and the first moments before a normal school day goes from calm to terrifying.
Videos:
Frontline: Inside the Uvalde Response Frontline: After Uvalde: Guns, Grief, and Texas Politics Cell phone video of the parents...
Published 05/20/24
A year ago this week, I covered the Amagasaki train derailment in 2005 in Japan. Why not cover a second one seven years earlier near a small town in Germany?
Videos:
Seconds from Disaster: The Eschede derailment TS2018 Rail Disasters - Derailment at High Speed (1998 Eschede train disaster) ...
Published 05/01/24