Disaster Area

For years, the hook holding up the power lines at transmission tower 27/222 in northern California had been wearing down bit by bit. On November 8th, 2018, the hook finally broke, and the resulting series of events led to the deadliest wildfire in California in a century.

Videos:

• Netflix: Fire in Paradise

• Frontline: Fire in Paradise

• Camp Fire: One Year Later

• The Deadliest Fire in California History

• Drone fire of Camp Fire devastation in Butte County

• Trump confused over fire-hit town Paradise: 'Pleasure, what a name'

Articles and books:

• Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy, by Alastair Gee and Dani Anguaino

• Trump refused to give California wildfire aid until told how many people there voted for him, ex-aide says

• Trump’s Misleading Claims About California’s Fire ‘Mismanagement’

• ABC10 Investigation: PG&E knew old power line parts had ‘severe wear’ months before deadly Camp Fire

• Trump blames forest management again on California fires visit

• The Camp Fire public report

• ‘Hell on Earth’: The First 12 Hours of California’s Deadliest Wildfire

For years, the hook holding up the power lines at transmission tower 27/222 in northern California had been wearing down bit by bit. On November 8th, 2018, the hook finally broke, and the resulting series of events led to the deadliest wildfire in California in a century.

Videos:

• Netflix: Fire in Paradise

• Frontline: Fire in Paradise

• Camp Fire: One Year Later

• The Deadliest Fire in California History

• Drone fire of Camp Fire devastation in Butte County

• Trump confused over fire-hit town Paradise: 'Pleasure, what a name'

Articles and books:

• Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy, by Alastair Gee and Dani Anguaino

• Trump refused to give California wildfire aid until told how many people there voted for him, ex-aide says

• Trump’s Misleading Claims About California’s Fire ‘Mismanagement’

• ABC10 Investigation: PG&E knew old power line parts had ‘severe wear’ months before deadly Camp Fire

• Trump blames forest management again on California fires visit

• The Camp Fire public report

• ‘Hell on Earth’: The First 12 Hours of California’s Deadliest Wildfire

Sometimes it feels as though Columbine was our first experience with school shootings. But it very much wasn't, as the town of West Paducah, Kentucky, can attest.

Videos:

• Very Bad Men: Michael Carneal

Articles and books:

• Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings, by Katherine S. Newman, Cybelle Fox, David J. Harding, Jal Metha, and Wendy Roth

• 1997 Kentucky school shooter denied parole

• COMMONWEALTH v. CARNEAL (2008)

• When Grief Wanted a Hero, Truth Didn't Get in the Way

• Carneal Recalls 1997 High School Shooting Rampage

• WHEN THE SILENCE FELL

In part two, we watch as the Atlantic continues to head toward the southern coast of Nova Scotia ... with dangerous consequences.

Videos:

•  The Terrifying Wreck of the SS ATLANTIC (Halifax, 1873 - 150th ANNIVERSARY)

• A Real-Time Animation of the Sinking

• A Visit to the SS Atlantic Heritage Park Interpretation Center, Nova Scotia

Articles and books:

• Atlantic’s Last Stop: Courage, Folly, and Lies in the White Star Line’s Worst Disaster Before Titanic, by Bob Chaulk

• Descendants of 'heroic people' mark anniversary of SS Atlantic wreck

• The SS Atlantic Heritage Park website

It's been a rough week and a half on stormy seas as you and your family make the trip from Ireland to your new home in America in March of 1873. Now finally, the ship is making a stop in Halifax to refuel and you might all be able to rest. But there will be no rest for the passengers on the SS Atlantic.

Videos:

• The Terrifying Wreck of the SS ATLANTIC (Halifax, 1873 - 150th ANNIVERSARY)

• A Real-Time Animation of the Sinking

Articles and books:

• Atlantic’s Last Stop: Courage, Folly, and Lies in the White Star Line’s Worst Disaster Before Titanic, by Bob Chaulk

• Descendants of 'heroic people' mark anniversary of SS Atlantic wreck

• The SS Atlantic Heritage Park website

It was just supposed to be a fun college party with a great band at a popular Brazil nightclub. But once the pyrotechnics came out, Kiss turned into Hell in an instant.

Videos:

• Inside Kiss nightclub, purportedly minutes before the fire started: temospoucotempo and vinnicius.massagnini
• Tiktok video from diariodesantamaria of the ceremony prior to the nightclub's demolition
• World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine video by Dr. Silvana Dal Ponte about the emergency response
• New video shows destroyed Brazil nightclub
• Brazil Nightclub Fire: Amateur footage shows firefighters battling the blaze

Articles and books:

• NFPA: Boate Kiss Revisited
• Boate Kiss: No one in jail ten years after nightclub fire tragedy
• Brazilian Kiss Nightclub Disaster
• Brazil nightclub fire: No fire alarm, just one door
• THE SAD TRUTH ABOUT THE KISS NIGHTCLUB FIRE
• Band in Brazil Nightclub Tragedy Known for Pyrotechnics
• A Brief but Frantic Struggle for Victims of Fire in Brazil
• How the Santa Maria Fire Could Mark a Turning Point for Brazil
• Men convicted over Brazil fire that killed 242 go free
• Brazil nightclub fire: Four charged with manslaughter

It was the first Halloween that the streets would be open in Seoul, South Korea, since the start of the COVID pandemic, and young people in the city couldn't wait to go celebrate in the vibrant Itaewon neighborhood. Many of them wouldn't make it home.

Videos:

• Paramount+: Crush
• [Video] Special police unit reveals CCTVs of Itaewon tragedy
• The results of 74-day probe into Itaewon tragedy
• Kieran Porey: Itaewon Halloween 2022 video
• Seoul Halloween crowd crush, the stories of survivors | Undercover Korea

Articles and books:

• ‘Reminders everywhere’: Halloween crush haunts survivors one year after Itaewon crowd disaster
• Chronology of major stampedes in S. Korea
• Fact-checking some of the claims about Itaewon disaster
• "How long has it been since the Itaewon tragedy?"-Knetz reacts as local fire department shuts down Boiler Room concert amid reported crowd congestion
• Seoul’s Itaewon Nightlife District Was Built for Tragedy
• A Vibrant Refuge in Seoul Goes Quiet After Deadly Crowd Crush
• It was chaos’: how my Halloween night out in Itaewon went from fun to horror
• Four factors behind the tragic Itaewon crowd surge
• They Completely Failed’: The Fatal Mistakes That Led to South Korea’s Halloween Tragedy
• Families of Seoul crowd-crush victims want more justice amid probes
• South Korean minister impeached over Itaewon crowd crush

It was the first Halloween that the streets would be open in Seoul, South Korea, since the start of the COVID pandemic, and young people in the city couldn't wait to go celebrate in the vibrant Itaewon neighborhood. Many of them wouldn't make it home.

Videos:

• Paramount+: Crush
• [Video] Special police unit reveals CCTVs of Itaewon tragedy
• The results of 74-day probe into Itaewon tragedy
• Kieran Porey: Itaewon Halloween 2022 video
• Seoul Halloween crowd crush, the stories of survivors | Undercover Korea

Articles and books:

• ‘Reminders everywhere’: Halloween crush haunts survivors one year after Itaewon crowd disaster
• Chronology of major stampedes in S. Korea
• Fact-checking some of the claims about Itaewon disaster
• "How long has it been since the Itaewon tragedy?"-Knetz reacts as local fire department shuts down Boiler Room concert amid reported crowd congestion
• Seoul’s Itaewon Nightlife District Was Built for Tragedy
• A Vibrant Refuge in Seoul Goes Quiet After Deadly Crowd Crush
• It was chaos’: how my Halloween night out in Itaewon went from fun to horror
• Four factors behind the tragic Itaewon crowd surge
• They Completely Failed’: The Fatal Mistakes That Led to South Korea’s Halloween Tragedy
• Families of Seoul crowd-crush victims want more justice amid probes
• South Korean minister impeached over Itaewon crowd crush

In the final part of this series, we learn about the perpetrator as well as the investigations which have followed in the past two years.

Videos:

• Frontline: Inside the Uvalde Response

• Frontline: After Uvalde: Guns, Grief, and Texas Politics

• Cell phone video of the parents imploring the police to do something

• Disturbing new footage shows Salvador Ramos in Uvalde school, cops running | New York Post

• Ballistic Gel Human Head VS 223

• Video: Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke clash over Uvalde deaths as governor provides more details on school shooting

Articles and books:

• Before the school shooting, Uvalde was known for a 1970 Hispanic student walkout. Its aging participants fear its spirit and memory are fading.

• Timeline of the events leading up to, including, and following the attack on Robb Elementary

• Department of Justice: Critical Incident Review

• Uvalde buries 10-year-old Amerie Jo Garza, the first of many funerals to come

• Texas cops’ claims unravel: Police didn’t "engage" Uvalde shooter — but they cuffed scared parents

• Gunman bought two rifles, hundreds of rounds in days before massacre

• Uvalde: 90 minutes of terror, a failed police response and shattered trust

• Mom who saved her kids from Uvalde school shooting says police are targeting her

• NRA holds convention in Houston days after Texas school shooting

• Before massacre, Uvalde gunman frequently threatened teen girls online

• The Pulitzer Prize: The Washington Post's winning 2023 series on the damage caused by AR-15s

• Nearly two years after the Uvalde massacre, here’s who has been reprimanded and where investigations stand

• Uvalde school shooter’s self-proclaimed ex accused of making threats against the community

• Uvalde victim's uncle elected to school board nearly two years after shooting

• Uvalde mayor abruptly resigns ahead of a council vote on shooting report

• 21 lives lost: Uvalde victims were a cross-section of a small, mostly Latino town in South Texas

• Teenage cousin of Uvalde school shooter arrested and accused of threatening to do 'the same thing'

• Uvalde schools hire — and then fire — former DPS trooper under investigation for shooting response

• The Gunman in Uvalde Left Multiple Hints Before His Attack Began

In part four of this five-part series, we watch as people realize just how flawed the police response at Robb Elementary really was.

Videos:

• Frontline: Inside the Uvalde Response

• Frontline: After Uvalde: Guns, Grief, and Texas Politics

• Cell phone video of the parents imploring the police to do something

• Disturbing new footage shows Salvador Ramos in Uvalde school, cops running | New York Post

• Ballistic Gel Human Head VS 223

• Video: Greg Abbott and Beto O’Rourke clash over Uvalde deaths as governor provides more details on school shooting

Articles and books:

• Before the school shooting, Uvalde was known for a 1970 Hispanic student walkout. Its aging participants fear its spirit and memory are fading.

• Timeline of the events leading up to, including, and following the attack on Robb Elementary

• Department of Justice: Critical Incident Review

• Uvalde buries 10-year-old Amerie Jo Garza, the first of many funerals to come

• Texas cops’ claims unravel: Police didn’t "engage" Uvalde shooter — but they cuffed scared parents

• Gunman bought two rifles, hundreds of rounds in days before massacre

• Uvalde: 90 minutes of terror, a failed police response and shattered trust

• Mom who saved her kids from Uvalde school shooting says police are targeting her

• NRA holds convention in Houston days after Texas school shooting

• Before massacre, Uvalde gunman frequently threatened teen girls online

• The Pulitzer Prize: The Washington Post's winning 2023 series on the damage caused by AR-15s

• Nearly two years after the Uvalde massacre, here’s who has been reprimanded and where investigations stand

• Uvalde school shooter’s self-proclaimed ex accused of making threats against the community

• Uvalde victim's uncle elected to school board nearly two years after shooting

• Uvalde mayor abruptly resigns ahead of a council vote on shooting report

• 21 lives lost: Uvalde victims were a cross-section of a small, mostly Latino town in South Texas

• Teenage cousin of Uvalde school shooter arrested and accused of threatening to do 'the same thing'

• Uvalde schools hire — and then fire — former DPS trooper under investigation for shooting response

• The Gunman in Uvalde Left Multiple Hints Before His Attack Began