The final hours of 13-year-old Omayra Sanchez were captured in this haunting photograph, which was named the World Press Photo of the Year in 1986
Category: Disasters
The Granite Mountain Hotshots
In June 2013, dry lightning ignited a wildfire on land near the town of Yarnell, Arizona. Following a long period … More
The Summerland Disaster
A disastrous fire at the Summerland leisure centre on the Isle of Man killed at least 50 people
The Southport and St Anne’s Lifeboat Disaster
The worst disaster in the history of the RNLI, 27 lifeboatmen were lost attempting to save the crew of a foundering ship
The 2002 Moscow Theatre Crisis
After Chechen separatists took the audience and cast of a Moscow theatre production hostage, Russian authorities used a tranquilizer gas to retake the theatre, with disastrous consequences
The Blue Hole
Why have up to 200 divers lost their lives at a popular dive site on the Red Sea?
The Mothman
A strange, winged humanoid seen multiple times in West Virginia, the ‘mothman’ was blamed by some for causing a deadly bridge collapse
The Great Molasses Flood
A ruptured tank released an eight foot wave of molasses, crushing buildings and vehicles and resulting in the death of 21 people
