Seconds From Disaster

In virtually every corner of the globe, at any time, tragedy can strike: two trains on a typical morning commute collide in a head-on collision, a chemical plant releases toxic gas upon unsuspecting residents and two airplanes collide in mid-air.

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S4 E1 - Space Shuttle Explosion
January 31, 2007
48min
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On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger was scheduled to make history by putting the first civilian in space: teacher Christa McAuliffe. But tragically 73 seconds after liftoff, the Challenger, with seven astronauts onboard, bursts into a ball of flames. Now, Seconds from Disaster deconstructs, moment by moment, the events leading up to this infamous disaster.
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9/11
September 8, 2011
45min
TV-PG
Tuesday, September 11, 2001, a temperate and nearly cloudless morning over the eastern United States. Millions of men and women ready themselves for work. Among them is an air traffic controller in Boston, Mass. Based on sheer intuition, he will break all protocol this morning, alerting the Air Force that a potential disaster is unfolding on his radar screen.