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Seconds From Disaster

Seconds From Disaster

2005Ended7 Seasons69 Episodes6.9TMDB
National Geographic

Seconds from Disaster is a US/UK-produced documentary television programme that investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters of the 20th century. Each episode aims to explain a single incidental by analyzing the causes and circumstances that ultimately effected the disaster. The program uses re-enactments, interviews, testimonies, and CGI to analyze the sequence of events second-by-second for the audience. Narrators for the show are Ashton Smith, Richard Vaughan and Peter Guinness.

Season 1 · Episode 6

Wreck of the Sunset Limited

Nov 4, 2005·45m

September 1993. The captain of a towboat unwittingly causes the collapse of a bridge over the Big Bayou Canot. When an Amtrak train comes along, it derails with 47 lives lost. Why was such a hideous mistake made? How could it have been prevented? Could it have been prevented at all? Wreck of the Sunset Limited explains why over 40 people died that Autumn day.

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When did Seconds From Disaster Season 1 Episode 6 air?

Seconds From Disaster Season 1 Episode 6 aired on November 4, 2005.

How long is Seconds From Disaster Season 1 Episode 6?

This episode runs for approximately 45 minutes.

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