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Seconds from Disaster: Wreck of the Sunset Limited

7.72005-11-04Documentary

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.

Episodes

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EP 1

Crash of the Concorde (Concorde)

2005-09-19

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EP 2

Tunnel Inferno

2005-10-10

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EP 3

The Bomb in Oklahoma City

2005-10-17

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EP 4

Fire On the Star (Fire Onboard the Star)

2005-10-16

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EP 5

Derailment at Eschede (High Speed Train Wreck)

2005-09-26

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EP 6

Wreck of the Sunset Limited

2005-11-04

Meltdown in Chernobyl
EP 7

Meltdown in Chernobyl

2005-11-06

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EP 8

Inferno at Guadalajara

2005-10-09

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EP 9

Fire on the Ski Slope

2005-11-10

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EP 10

Explosion in the North Sea

2005-11-27

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EP 11

Flood at Stava Dam

2005-11-20

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EP 12

Collision on the Runway

2005-10-03

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EP 13

Pentagon 9/11

2005-09-11

Voice Cast

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Ashton SmithNarratorVoice Actor

Trailers & Extra Content

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