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• Episode 254: The Cutter incident - Part One

  It would start with a headache, a fever, maybe a funny tummy. But soon enough your knee would give out, or your arm would hang limp, or you would struggle to breathe. You'd be taken to the hospital, where you'd get your diagnosis - polio. If you survived, you ran the risk of doing so with paralyzed limbs, struggling to walk on bulky leg braces. Your parents would be terrified they might lose you, and so everybody wanted the one thing that could stop all of this - a vaccine. Videos: New England Journal of Medicine: The Cutter Incident, 50 Years Later American Experience: The Polio Crusade The Iron Lung and Polio by M.Rockoff | OPENPediatrics Articles and books: Polio: An American Story, by David M. Oshinsky The Cutter Incident, by Dr. Paul Offit NEJM: The Cutter Incident

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• Episode 253: The 1692 Port Royal earthquake

  In a bustling city of pirates and wickedness, one might think things couldn't get any more dangerous. But in the Jamaican city of Port Royal in 1692, that thought would be tested, and tested hard. Videos: History of Port Royal (Underwater Cities) Articles and books: Apocalypse 1692: Empire, Slavery, and the Great Port Royal Earthquake, by Ben Hughes Historic Earthquakes: Jamaica, 1692 June 07 UTC Jamaica Port Royal If you'd like to donate to the GFM for my car, you can find that here: https://gofund.me/a0585132

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• Stoned History: Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571

  To raise money for car repairs, Jennifer answers the question you've all been wondering - how well can she talk about a disaster while ... let's say "not sober." Please help Jennifer fix her car! It takes our esteemed cohost Professor on rides to go see cows and he therefore cannot live without it. Links below: GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/59bec8ad Paypal: [email protected] Cashapp: $disasterareapod Venmo: @disasterareapodcast  

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• Episode 252: The Charleston Sofa Super Store fire

  It was almost the end of a typical Tuesday for workers at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, South Carolina, in June of 2007, and several of them went out to the loading dock to smoke and kill a little time. One stray cigarette butt thrown too near the trash, and within an hour and a half nine firefighters would be dead. Videos: Charleston Fire Department’s recovery from deadly Sofa Super Store fire First hour of dispatch audio from the Sofa Super Store fire Charleston 9: The Ultimate Sacrifice Line-of-Duty Death and Injury Investigations - NIST Fire Modeling - The Charleston Investigation Articles and books: Newsweek: 'It looked like Hell was burning' Post and Courier: Sofa store owner tells his side Post and Courier: Trapped: The story of nine Charleston firefighters' deaths NIST Study on Charleston Furniture Store Fire Calls for National Safety Improvements Remembering the Charleston 9: 17 years after deadly Sofa Super Store fire The Sofa Super Store fire: The blaze that reshaped the Charleston Fire Department  

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• Episode 251: The 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision

  On a warm November evening in 1996, in the rural farmland not far from Delhi, the remains of two aircraft plummeted from the skies. The collision which caused them to fall is still the deadliest mid-air collision in history. Videos: Mayday/Air Crash Investigation episode on Charkhi Dadri collision Disaster Breakdown: The Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision Remains of Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision "Head On" Articles and books: Accident report Human error is blamed for crash At Least 349 Are Killed in Collision Indian Officials Gather Evidence on Midair Collision Haryana's Charkhi Dadri plans a memorial for 1996 mid-air collision victims

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