2 Season
45 Episode
Destroyed In Seconds - Season 1 Episode 31
Riobamba, Ecuador – on election night reporter Juan is covering voting, then an ammunition depot explodes. It causes bombs and rockets to detonate and a huge mushroom cloud forms. People run for it and explosions continue. The city is evacuated for days as the Army collects bombs. Fairbanks, Alaska – World Ice Art Championships contest. The Birth of the Bluebird is worked on for 100 hours and Uniqui cuts the last pillar and the whole thing breaks. Ursa, IL 12/8/89 – Stan Frasier tries to remove two 60-foot grain silos from his yard with a bulldozer and one falls on him. One has a tree with bird’s nest. First he tries to pull it down with a chain and it breaks, the second time the silo just drops 4 feet. The cage and roof saves him. Anchorage, Alaska – Mulchay stadium Fairbanks Bucks baseball game. A Cessna 207 skywagon loses power and crashes behind the outfield wall, hits a fence and flips over. The engine rips out and catches fire. 4 people were on board and all lived. They forgot to check gas on one side. Irwindale Speedway, CA – at a stock car race on lap 40 car #4 hits #34, then slides into an edge barrier and flips over. Todd Burns & Kevin Wood are inside. Wood is trapped upside down, but walks away Kernersville, NC 1/14/09 – Cops go to a house fire where a 911 call says people are inside. Firemen are told it’s empty and go in to check when the whole house blows up and is lifted off the base. Only the fireman had minor injuries. Blacktown, Australia 1994 – Eastern Creek Raceway drag racing. Santos Cranos back tires blow up and he flips over. Alicante, Spain – an armed 25-year-old takes over a bank with 8 hostages. He releases 6 for a motorcycle, rides off to escape and cops cut him off with a car and send him flying. Cops grab him and an ambulance takes him away. Spa, Belgium – Formula Palmer Series racing. Tim Mullen gets clipped in the back, spins out, crashes into a wall and catches fire. He’s trapped and has to be pulled out.
- Year: 2009
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Documentary, Reality
- Studio: Discovery
- Keyword: destruction
- Director:
- Cast: Ron Pitts
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