The Documentary Podcast

BBC OS Conversations: Dealing with trauma after vehicle-ramming attacks


Listen Later

Over the past decade, cars and trucks have been used as lethal weapons in an increasing number of attacks. Fourteen people died and at least 35 were injured when a driver of a pickup truck targeted crowds in New Orleans on New Year’s Day. Less than a month earlier, a nine-year-old child and five adults were killed in a similar incident in the eastern German city of Magdeburg where a car was driven through a crowded Christmas market. Kathy was dancing in a Christmas parade in the town of Waukesha in the US state of Wisconsin in 2021 when a car rammed into the performers, killing six people and injuring dozens more. Donna was watching the parade: “I remember it like it was yesterday,” she tells host Mark Lowen. Donna and Kathy are joined by Astrid in Germany, whose father was killed in a 2016 attack on a Christmas market in Berlin.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Documentary PodcastBy BBC World Service

  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3

4.3

1,607 ratings


More shows like The Documentary Podcast

View all
Global News Podcast by BBC World Service

Global News Podcast

7,682 Listeners

From Our Own Correspondent by BBC Radio 4

From Our Own Correspondent

373 Listeners

Newshour by BBC World Service

Newshour

1,048 Listeners

In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,534 Listeners

Witness History by BBC World Service

Witness History

960 Listeners

The History Hour by BBC World Service

The History Hour

583 Listeners

6 Minute English by BBC Radio

6 Minute English

1,778 Listeners

Learning English Conversations by BBC Radio

Learning English Conversations

1,040 Listeners

The Interview by BBC World Service

The Interview

355 Listeners

Lives Less Ordinary by BBC World Service

Lives Less Ordinary

578 Listeners

Discovery by BBC World Service

Discovery

959 Listeners

BBC Inside Science by BBC Radio 4

BBC Inside Science

407 Listeners

Science Weekly by The Guardian

Science Weekly

415 Listeners

The Inquiry by BBC World Service

The Inquiry

730 Listeners

The Audio Long Read by The Guardian

The Audio Long Read

849 Listeners

Unexpected Elements by BBC World Service

Unexpected Elements

364 Listeners

Today in Focus by The Guardian

Today in Focus

999 Listeners

You're Dead to Me by BBC Radio 4

You're Dead to Me

3,171 Listeners

The Missing Cryptoqueen by BBC Sounds

The Missing Cryptoqueen

1,002 Listeners

Americast by BBC News

Americast

730 Listeners

The Bomb by BBC World Service

The Bomb

1,003 Listeners

The Global Story by BBC World Service

The Global Story

384 Listeners