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From devastating natural disasters to shocking acts of violence, these heartbreaking events united humanity in grief. Join us as we explore the most profound tragedies that brought the world to tears. Our countdown includes moments that shook foundations, shattered illusions of safety, and reminded us of our shared humanity in the face of unimaginable loss.
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00:00There are 30 million people within about two meters of sea level, and a tsunami here, of course, would be absolutely devastating.
00:09Welcome to WatchMojo, where we'll be discussing immensely tragic events that cause global periods of collective mourning.
00:15There's coughing, there's sickness, there's people with their feet festering.
00:20It's the most extraordinary scene I've ever seen in my life, and I hope I never see anything like it again.
00:25The death of Diana.
00:27There were a lot of us that were actually volunteering to work, and wanted to be part of it.
00:34And London just had this feeling that was just so different.
00:39Diana, Princess of Wales, joined the royal family after marrying Charles III in 1981.
00:45As time went on, their relationship soured, and the pair got divorced in 1996.
00:50That didn't stop the public from adoring Diana.
00:53In Paris, 1997, tragedy struck, and Diana died in a horrific car crash, alongside boyfriend Dodi Fayette.
01:01Investigations found that her limo driver was intoxicated, and therefore claimed he was responsible.
01:07Many vital questions have never been properly pursued, let alone answered.
01:13And that appears to be no accident.
01:16However, many still blame the paparazzi team that chased the limo into the Pont de l'Alma tunnel.
01:22She only lived to 36, and was mourned across the globe.
01:26Over 2.5 billion people watched her funeral, which was approximately 40% of all people alive at the time.
01:33Since last Sunday's dreadful news, we have seen, throughout Britain and around the world, an overwhelming expression of sadness at Diana's death.
01:45We have all been trying in our different ways to cope.
01:49Pearl Harbor.
01:50While the dive bombers hammered the airfields, the torpedo planes descended to an altitude of a few dozen feet.
01:58And took dead aim at Battleship Row.
02:01In 1937, Imperial Japan began its full-scale invasion of China.
02:06After Germany invaded Poland, the conflict merged with World War II.
02:10In 1941, their resources were dwindling, and America was looking threatening.
02:15As such, Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor,
02:19hoping it would demoralize the Americans, cripple their fleet, and allow a quick victory.
02:24There was a powerful military military army, but there was a war.
02:29It had none of these effects.
02:44The U.S. was distraught, but eager to retaliate.
02:47While the Allied powers mourned the losses of Pearl Harbor, the fascists feared the revenge they sought.
02:53The Axis powers fell to the Allies by 1945, with their overextension being a major factor.
03:00Here's the man who tried to warn us.
03:02Is there any satisfaction to you, Leighton?
03:04You were right.
03:05Sir, it's no satisfaction to me whatsoever.
03:07Boston Marathon bombings.
03:12It turned out the evidence that would solve the case had been collected before the first bomb exploded that Monday.
03:20The FBI could travel back in time through the lenses of dozens of security cameras up and down Boylston.
03:27In 2013, two Islamic extremist brothers detonated two pressure cooker bombs at the Boston Marathon's finish line.
03:34Hundreds were injured, and three people lost their lives.
03:37The culprits tried escaping by killing a police officer and robbing a car.
03:41They ended up in a shootout, and one brother got ran over by the other in the commotion.
03:45If you're just tuning in right now, there has been what appears to be a major development in what has been a 19-hour search for a 19-year-old bombing suspect with a marathon bombing.
03:56He later died of his injuries, and the other was found hiding in a boat.
04:00He was convicted and is currently being held on death row in Colorado.
04:04Tons of people from across the globe gave their condolences to the victims, including world leaders from almost every nation.
04:11Boston is strong, and we're not going to let something like this stop us.
04:14Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami
04:17This place symbolizes the tragedy more than anywhere.
04:21An entire town wiped out by the force of nature.
04:25Earthquakes are terrifyingly common in Japan, which lies at the intersection of multiple tectonic plates.
04:31The most devastating recorded earthquake in Japan came in 2011, which obliterated the Tohoku region.
04:38The earthquake triggered a tsunami, which did extreme amounts of damage.
04:41Average wave heights were roughly 130 feet, causing thousands of deaths.
04:46And that wall of water is primarily the cause of a death toll that is in the hundreds, but is certain to rise, with 88,000 people in Japan still unaccounted for.
04:57The ordeal then caused even more horrors after it triggered a meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
05:03It was the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
05:06Worldwide, billions watched as the horrific domino effect swept across Japan.
05:11Roughly 163 countries offered aid, and over 520 billion yen was donated.
05:17It has been four months since you suddenly disappeared.
05:21I've been wondering why this happened.
05:25One day, we will return here to live, looking at the sea that took you from us.
05:31Las Vegas shooting.
05:33I mean, they're hiding under the bleachers and the stanchions and anywhere they could, and everyone's telling us to run, run as fast as you can.
05:39In 2017, Las Vegas fell victim to the deadliest mass shooting by a single perpetrator in U.S. history.
05:46A 64-year-old man targeted attendees of the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival.
05:51It had approximately 22,000 guests, and 60 of them lost their lives.
05:56The shooter started firing from his hotel room, then took his own life after roughly 10 minutes of chaos.
06:02The Mandalay Bay Hotel is on the southern end of Las Vegas' famous strip.
06:06The road was locked down as the police secured the area.
06:10The nearby international airport was closed, and flights stopped for a few hours.
06:15Years later, his motivation remains almost entirely unknown.
06:18The Islamic State said they were behind it, but there's no evidence to confirm this.
06:23Figures from across the globe gave their condolences, including world leaders and prominent political figures.
06:29Today, those desperate for some movement on gun control voice their frustration.
06:34Senator Elizabeth Warren tweeted that thoughts and prayers were not enough.
06:417-7.
06:42I decided to stay on the bus.
06:45And everything that kind of followed from then is these sliding door moments where if I make a different decision,
06:50everything goes in a different direction.
06:53On the 7th of July in 2005, the UK fell victim to one of its worst terrorist attacks ever.
06:59It consisted of four coordinated attacks in London during rush hour.
07:04Three homemade bombs exploded in the London underground, and a fourth on a bus.
07:08The culprits all died with the explosions, which also took 52 innocent lives and injured 784 more.
07:15The information vacuum in the hours and days that followed meant that the chaos caused by a terrorist attack was multiplied.
07:22It was perpetrated by Islamic extremists, who created videotape statements explaining their motivations.
07:2832 of the victims were British, while the rest came from nations across the globe.
07:32A decade later, a couple was apprehended for planning an anniversary attack.
07:36This thankfully fell through, largely because of incriminating tweets one of them made.
07:41The first official confirmation that many people had died in all four bombs came that afternoon.
07:47It was not a good place, our house at that time.
07:50So we didn't go to bed that night.
07:52We spent the whole night phoning, phoning, phoning.
07:55Titanics sinking.
07:56By the dim light of oil lanterns, the Titanic's officers kept back the cowards and helped women and children to safety.
08:03The most well-known maritime disaster in history is the RMS Titanic.
08:08It was built to be unsinkable, which meant its owners gave little thought to maximizing safety.
08:13It sailed with only 20 lifeboats, which could only hold half of all passengers.
08:17Under the cover of night, the Titanic was going at scarily fast speeds to impress the New Yorkers when they arrived.
08:24Right in the first few seconds of the ship plunging, the water pressure blew the mast back and slammed it back into that position.
08:32You can see where it's actually bent, just like you'd bend a Coke can.
08:36As we all know, it ended in tragedy when the ship came in collision with an enormous iceberg.
08:42Approximately 1,500 people died out of the 2,224 souls on board.
08:47Since then, maritime safety has improved significantly to prevent a repeat of the disaster.
08:52Afterward, the 700 people in the boats had nothing to do but wait.
09:02Wait to die.
09:04Wait to live.
09:05Hurricane Katrina.
09:07As the afternoon progresses, water continues to pour into the city.
09:12The New Orleans bowl is filling up.
09:17Hurricanes are one of nature's most terrifying creations.
09:19In 2005, states in the southeast of the United States were decimated by Hurricane Katrina.
09:26At the time, it stood alone as the costliest hurricane in history.
09:29It caused $125 billion worth of damage, hitting New Orleans particularly hard.
09:35You know, you can see the water starting to slowly seep in.
09:40And then the hole got bigger.
09:42And then it got bigger.
09:43And then the water just started coming in and pouring in.
09:45Eighty percent of the city was flooded, and thousands in New Orleans alone were displaced.
09:51In total, more than one million people were displaced in the U.S.
09:55Afterwards, tons of countries donated millions of dollars in aid.
09:59Around 1,400 fatalities were confirmed, with a further 652 people remaining missing.
10:04Rwandan Genocide.
10:21Sir, I cannot leave my family.
10:24I must take them with me.
10:25It is not safe here.
10:27There are tootsie spies everywhere.
10:29I cannot take all these people.
10:30The act of genocide is always horrific, being one of the worst things humans can do to each other.
10:37In recent decades, we've developed the technology for the whole worlds to know when genocide is committed.
10:42This meant that when the Hutu-led Rwandan government began systematically killing the Tutsi ethnic group, the whole world was shedding tears.
10:49Radio Rwanda broadcast calls day and night for the Hutus to go out and kill Tutsis.
10:54And the Hutus were told by their own leaders that if they didn't join the killers, they would join the dead.
11:01More than half a million people died in roughly 100 days of violence.
11:05Unfortunately, the international community failed to prevent the genocide.
11:09Once violence began, the U.N. pulled out the majority of its peacekeeping forces.
11:14The humanitarian organizations that remained were beyond brave, trying their best to mitigate damages.
11:20Tragically, it was not enough to stop the spread of violence.
11:23At Magoonga Camp last July, the roads were lined with the corpses of cholera victims.
11:30Now, there are permanent water supplies, restaurants, video cinemas.
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11:47One after the next, ambulances raced over.
11:54St. Vincent's Hospital, a level one trauma center, the closest to the World Trade Center, was called on to do what it does best.
12:02On September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda launched its largest attack on the U.S. ever.
12:07Four planes were hijacked, then two crashed directly into the World Trade Center.
12:11A third hit the Pentagon, while passengers revolted on the fourth, causing it to crash in a field in Pennsylvania.
12:17Almost 3,000 people died, and thousands more were injured.
12:21I was down on B-1. The shafts there are buckling. There's going to be people trapped in those elevators.
12:25Jeez. It just took us an hour to get up to 30 in Tower 1. I didn't want us over in 2.
12:31Perhaps most people who are old enough are able to tell you exactly where they were when this happened.
12:36The rest of the world was stunned, watching in silence as the horrors unfolded.
12:40It had profound consequences for the entire globe, leading to the global war on terror.
12:45Again, goes right back to resiliency, seeing those messages of hope and remembrance on this very tall column that's still standing strong.
12:54Were there any deeply tragic events we forgot to mention? Leave your suggestions in the comments section.
13:00It was a scene out of a movie, the people running from downtown, running up the streets, no shoes on their feet.
13:06Some people had their shirts were ripped off.
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