1,6 (manmade disasters)

Just think about this for a second.  Here in the U.S. alone...

unusual events can happen anywhere, anytime... because you never really know when the shit's gonna hit the fan.  It's all part of life.  It's humanity.

(Doug Edgell's - While My Guitar Gently Weeps - acoustic version for the duration of this segment)

Sometimes dangerous situations occur without any casualties.

Captain Sully landing video (US Airways Flight 1549 Full Cockpit Recording)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLFZTzR5u84

:40 - :41 ("we may end up in the Hudson")
1:54 - 2:00 ("which runway would you like at Cedarboro.  We can't do it.  We're gonna end up in the Hudson")
AUDIO only

The world discovered a superhero... 

instead of a manufactured one...

"Balloon Boy": Uncut video of the liftoff - Real or staged?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcYGcBYzvWs
:20 - :39 (staged terror)

This one brought new meaning to the phrase "reality tv."
We quickly learned it was all just one big hoax designed to play itself out for the viewing audience.

Sheriff: Boy in Balloon Was Hoax
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMGxcJEa6-0
:46 - :57 (Authorities shut down Denver airport during a 5 hour search for Falcon Henne and the balloon he purportedly flew away in)
:36 - :40 (Sheriff - Needless to say, they put on a very good show for us... and we bought it)

Sometimes we're searching for power and there's an accident...
above ground with no fatalities...

"Meltdown at Three Mile Island" (Part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLPAigMuBk0
2:12 - 2:30 / 2:32 - 2:41 (Mike Gray analysis)
2:50 - 3:14 (confusion)

Sounds like a situation involving complexity overload.
Incidents happen below ground as well.
 

Sago mine disaster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK_T4QKicME (Sago Mine Package)
1:16 - 1:24 (Gov. Joe Manchin commenting on the status of the miners)
1:45 - 1:48 (Manchin - We're still hoping for that WV miracle)
1:50 - 2:03 (celebration - They're alive... all of them)
2:15 - 2:16 (Thank you Jesus)
2:19 - 2:26 (Amazing Grace rendition)

But the celebration abruptly ends when everyone learns they were victims of faulty information.

2:30 - 2:50 (reaction when reality sets in)

Other times tragedy can strike...
on top of a body of water

BP Gulf fire / spill
Deepwater Horizon offshore rig fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3AvrlYfiJE
:26 - 32

60 Minutes - BP disaster - Deepwater Horizon survivor Mike Williams pt 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgkZtklS6xE
:07 - :40 ("All the things they told us couldn't happen... happened").

And the tragedy continues in the body of water

First glimpse of gushing oil from Gulf of Mexico spill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJzQTEbuMAo
:06 - :14 (footage of where the color changes)

Sometimes airplanes crash under unusual circumstances.  Regardless, there's always an investigation.  It might be a small crew.

Payne Stewart Winning Putt 1999 US Open
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQhjc0gAbBQ
:26 - :39 (winning putt, celebration)

Golfer Payne Stewart killed in plane crash - October 25, 1999
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu3sheZdzPI
:04 - :15

or it could be a full manifest...

Death can be the result of engineering and human error...

Hindenburg Disaster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F54rqDh2mWA
:18 - 1:07 (footage needs condensed)

Nowadays, that footage seems almost fictitious or staged.

Not the case when Great White took the stage getting ready to rock.

Fatal fire at the concert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4xaWMKBlw4

:09 - :16 (stage intro, pyrotechnics)
:59 - 1:03 (fire, whistle, 30 second mark)
1:19 - 1:28 (rushed evacuation, 1 minute mark)
1:29 - 1:43 (where's my husband, misc. screams)
1:56 - 2:06 (people squashed near the exit, sign)
6:15 - 6:30 (fully engulfed building in the 6th minute)

as for the Texas A&M Aggies, they weren't ready to roll

Texas A&M Bonfire Remembrance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KLKAH8Ghgg

5:10 - 5:34 (building the bonfire, collapse reenactment)
5:55 - 6:01 (what went wrong?)

some deaths happen when we're seeking amusement

WWF Owen Hart Death Announcement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0KyfboZRL0
:03 - :23

Owen Hart Fall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBcvL5TrfrE
:00 - :04 (simulation of the fall)

If there is video footage, it has never been made available to the general public.

People can die when they're making a statement... engaging in protest.

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - "Ohio" (1970) Kent State university
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnOoNM0U6oc

:03 - :15 (just the intro music)
(pictures of the crowds from the :22 - :25)
still shots - :44, 1:58, 2:04, 1:44, 2:49
:55 - 1:06

And never forget the most dangerous attacks... 

Those that affect our bodies

Anthrax attacks

 

Not sure which is more colorful, the Anthrax... or the Hazmat gear

and what about an assault on the mind...

CNN: Heaven's Gate suicides remembered
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzWpfq103q4

1:41 - 1:52 (Once the soul is developed it's time to exit.  To outsiders, that meant suicide, but to meant moving on to a more developed kingdom.  A spaceship or UFO would pick up their souls and take them to their new life."

5:04 - 5:10 (they knew where they were going)

Turns out... yep you guessed it - the Hale Bopp Comet wasn't a spaceship.

I'm not too worried about comets.   Just be careful it's not a Predator coming to a theater near you.  Whether you're a terrorist, enemy combatant, foreigner, patriot OR a whistleblower.  The lines are becoming blurred.

Predator Drones: Joking over innocent deaths?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTHrjfZ12Hw
:19 - :38

That's a good one.  LOL (chuckling)

Some deaths even make us question the nature of death itself.  Challenging our convictions....
...whether it's one individual

or 50 million

(Local guy - abortion kills children sign)