7 Worst Disasters That Were EASY to Prevent

The in-depth of 7 disasters that could have been easily avoided. Instead, countless victims met their demise when they were least expecting it.

0:00 Schoharie Limousine Disaster
9:35 Biescas Campsite Disaster
19:29 Love Parade Stampede
38:42 Lac-Mégantic Rail Explosion
55:38 Gansu Ultramarathon Disaster
1:05:23 Doña Paz Ferry Disaster
1:18:23 Ohio Toxic Train Disaster 2023

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[erinthesystem]

Being trapped in a massive, tightly-packed crowd can be absolutely terrifying. I've had the experience once, and it was like something out of a nightmare: I couldn't see the sky, could barely breathe, and was entirely disoriented.
(I was saved by a tall woman, who grabbed my hand and led me through to a place which was merely crowded.)

[zappababe]

"Health and Safety Regulations have been written in blood" - things only become law due to deadly experience.

[callmeclove]

3:17 “a father and son in law” ripped my heart apart. i hope that father’s child, and son in law’s partner is able to heal from losing two insanely important people in such a split second.

[jodi_kreiner]

as an engineer, I feel so bad for the train driver. he was stuck as the ONLY PERSON on this huge train with dangerous cargo in the middle of the night, followed all the proper procedures, and genuinely seemed to know what he was doing. on the calls he was clearly concerned with the fire and status of the train, so I can’t even imagine how devastated he must have felt when he learned it was his train that derailed. and then on top of that, having your employer turn around and try to pin ALL the blame on you when it was THEIR cost-cutting measures at fault… god, he must have so much trauma from that. of course the survivors will undoubtedly be scarred, but his anguish is of a whole different variety 💔

[haseulibae]

I feel so bad for the train engineer. From the sounds of it and what I've read, he did absolutely everything he could have done while just being one person to take care of an ENTIRE TRAIN. If what I'm reading is right too, he actually went to help move train cars out of the way to try and keep the situation from getting worse.

[mjookie]

I can still never get over, how can ONE man be expected to be in charge of a giant train like that?! And surely someone should have been left on a train carrying such huge amounts of dangerous cargo. I’m not criticising the driver here for one moment, it seems to me that one man on his own could have done no more.

[danielhorrocks]

As a mechanic, the first one hit hard. There are so many components in car tailored specifically for the car that messing with any component will lead to some form of consequence, foreseen or unforeseen. What makes me especially mad is how not a thought was put into braking. 1. That truck is already heavy to begin with (sometimes under normal loads they can fail). 2. I guarantee you they probably didn't bother with the emergency brake when stretching the limo. 3. When a mechanic mentions a concern with your brakes, you MUST LISTEN TO THEM. I've worked on so many cars where owners brush off the brake jobs and flushes just because of the cost, but what is a brake job cost compared to your life. Stay safe out there.

[ollieishere]

I was in a crowd incident. It’s been like 5 years and I still have flashbacks. I was shoved to the ground and everyone kept going. I got a level 2 concussion, whiplash, sprained my back and shoulders, nerve damage in my right hand, sever muscle spasms in my back (I have spastic cerebral palsy. My legs were too weak to hold myself up with the crowd pushing and shoving), and sprained both my feet. Never underestimate a crowd. It is terrifying and is a horrible thing to happen. Stay safe yall. ❤

[jimenagamiz]

"my kid said: we're going to die. And i said: no we're not, son. But i saw the news and some kids have... But mine haven't" fuck, that dad must feel such torturous combination of relief and grief

[captainsoi]

Oh my, the Doña Paz incident! For a catastrophe of such scale, I'm shocked that it's not being covered or talked about enough! Imagine, only 25 PEOPLE OUT OF ~4000 survived.

And what are the odds that out of those 25 survivors, are a father and his daughter!! I think that's worthy of a movie tribute. Jumping several storeys high into shark-infested waters and then those waters turning into a sea of fire, burning people alive... I can't even imagine!!

[mariebelladonna]

He failed to mention that, during the train derailment, the oil and subsequent fire ran into the town's storm drains. It spread much farther because of this, and even infiltrated people's homes via their basement sump pumps. Even houses a good distance away. So, even people who were farther away, and thought they might be safe after the initial explosion, were taken by surprise, had their houses burned, and lost their lives. :-(

[searchanddiscover]

the limo one always scared me bc it was still pretty intact and yet no survivors.

[JayKey]

It seems almost all disasters on this channel are easy to prevent, but are never prevented because corporations would rather take shortcuts and spend less money so when a disaster does happen it’s the taxpayers that have to pay the bill.

[vamplinvamp]

Crowd crushing incidents are the subject of almost every nightmare I have. I’m highly claustrophobic and very anxious so crowds already freak me out, but the amount of crowd crushes that have happened in the last decade alone is insane. It genuinely keeps me up at night.

[MrKevb]

As a Canadian i dont know how i didn't know about the train derailment in Quebec. But i noticed and found it entertaining that on the phone calls they censor the english part of the conversations, but not the french.

[kitsunekun]

My parents used the Love Parade as an example of "this is why we don't let you do things sometimes" for ages. My sister had been begging to go to it but my parents wouldn't let her because we were only 13. There was a lot of I told you so after.

[DrTWG]

Regarding the first 'accident' . For a family to lose 4 sisters is beyond my comprehension . Every life lost is terrible, of course, but as a father, I can't imagine the horror . The immediate scene in that limousine would have beyond most people's comprehension . It's not often you see a first-responder show emotion like that .

[cogitoanima]

As a Quebec citizen, Lac Mégantic was a tragedy that still can happen today. Nothing has been fixed and the trains still go through the town. Many town residents still suffer from PTSD and it is made worse with each train that still passes. A tragedy.

[raeofsunshine]

Crowd crush situations are so fascinating and terrifying to me. The only danger is the amount of people packed into a space; no speeding cars, no natural disasters, just *too many people*. I'm on the short side (165 cm) so I tend to disappear into crowds. Imagining a situation like the Love Parade stampede makes my heart race. It's preventable as long as safety procedures are implemented and followed beforehand, but near-impossible to control if a crowd crush is in progress. Insane.

[hamatoJade]

My now - Husband was in the Love - parade - desaster in Duisburg. He didnt realize it at first but got tired of waiting to go on in the crowd and blazing sun for 45 min. He is almost 1.9 meters and just pushed himself and a female friend through the crowd up the Autobahn ramp. That if course was forbidden, bit it saved their lifes.
It was close to my home and I had been at the site before. But the worst chills I get come when I think that the love of my life could have perished that day if he was just a little less stubborn