Poster of Cast and Crew in Modern Marvels - Season 11 - Episode 52 - Engineering Disasters 10

Modern Marvels - Season 11 - Engineering Disasters 10 (Episode 52)

Plot: Disasters investigated include: the 1984 Union Carbide debacle in Bhopal, India, where a toxic chemical release killed 3,800 people and left 11,000 with disabling respiratory ailments; and the 2003 sudden collapse of a 10-story parking garage at the Tropicana in Atlantic City, New Jersey that killed four and injured 20. We find out why a series of structures in Hutchinson, Kansas mysteriously caught fire and exploded in 2001; and examine the 1933 construction of a canal ordered by Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin that later proved to be nearly useless and cost many lives
Episode Aired On:
Tuesday, October 19 2004
20 years ago