The Lac-Mégantic Disaster | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

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  @michaellee8816 · 4 years ago

  Suggestion for a future episode, the reality TV show "stunt" in Uruguay where they got people to pull a train and it ran over them.....there's a lot to unpack there

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  @glorygloryholeallelujah · 4 years ago

  This is a heartbreaking tragedy—but I’m actually shocked at how “low” the casualties were. &nbsp;An unmanned train carrying 72 tankers of crude oil, jumping track and smashing into a town…I was expecting there to be hundreds of deaths!<br>47 is still 47 too many, but this truly could’ve been SO much worse.🥺

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  @bmused55 · 4 years ago

  I&apos;m glad the 3 engineers weren&apos;t convicted. This does fall directly at the feet of the company. This time, they weren&apos;t able to make a scapegoat out of their employees!

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  @strikermodeling4201 · 4 years ago (edited)

  In remembrance to the 47 victims.<br><br>Andrée-Anne Sévigny, 26<br>David Martin, 36<br>Michel Junior Guertin, 33<br>Eliane Parenteau-Boulanger, 93<br>Elodie Turcotte, 18<br>Geneviève Breton, 28<br>Guy Bolduc, 43<br>Henriette Latulippe, 61<br>Talitha Coumi Bégnoche, 30<br>Bianka Charest Begnoche, 4<br>Alyssa Charest Begnoche, 9<br>Jean-Pierre Roy, 56<br>Jimmy Sirois<br>Marie-Sémie Alliance, 22<br>Joanie Turmel, 29<br>Gaétan Lafontaine, 33<br>Kevin Roy, 29<br>Marianne Poulin, 23<br>Marie-France Boulet, 62<br>Richard Veilleux, 63<br>Martin Rodrigue, 48<br>Maxime Dubois, 27<br>Melissa Roy, 29<br>Natachat Gaudreau, 41<br>Réal Custeau, 57<br>Stephane Bolduc, 37<br>Karine Champagne, 36<br>Sylvie Charron, 50<br>Yves Boulet, 51<br>Marie-Nöelle Faucher<br>Kathy Clusiault, 24<br>Karine Lafontaine, 35<br>Diane Bizier, 46<br>Éric Pépin-Lajeunesse, 28<br>Frédéric Boutin, 19<br>Yannick Bouchard, 36<br>Stéphane Lapierre, 45<br>Roger Paquet, 61<br>David Lacroix-Beaudoin, 27<br>Mathieu Pelletier, 29<br>Jean-Guy Veilleux, 32<br>Jo-Annie Lapointe, 20<br>Lucie Vadnais, 49<br>Jacques Giroux, 65<br>Louisette Poirier-Picard<br>Denise Dubois, 57<br>Wilfrid Ratsch<br><br>They are at peace.

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  @wendigockel · 4 years ago

  I really feel bad for Mr. Harding. He had done everything he was trained to do, had been on trial and had to watch the town burn, concluding that it was his train which started the fire. Him being acquitted of all charges is the only saving grace for him, as he&apos;s probably scarred for life by what he must have felt and seen during these fateful days.

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  @chdreturns · 4 years ago

  One thing no one really touches on in detail was one of the victims, Genevieve Bréton. An out of towner, she was in the Musi Cafe getting a bottle of water and was a singer with a great amount of talent. Her body was never found, likely incinerated, and her debut and only album wound up being released posthumously.

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  @elliottprice6084 · 4 years ago

  For a disaster as recent as this, I hadn&apos;t heard of it until now. But for a catastrophe on this scale, it&apos;s fortunate that the death toll wasn&apos;t considerably higher. But for the town of Lac Megantic and the lost residents I send condolences

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  @kringe700 · 4 years ago

  While the fact that Mr. Herding doesn&apos;t apply enough brakes were the main cause, it&apos;s not entirely his fault. The railroad company didn&apos;t train him well enough to handle such a large train, and that he do all of this with all of the knowledge he knew at the time. It sounded like the company initially wanted him as a scapegoat and put all of the blame on him, however, justice was served this time and the company has to paid the price.

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  @highkageofthesmokevillage3383 · 4 years ago (edited)

  I just wanna say thanks to everyone one who sends prayer or condolences to us, I&apos;m from lac-mégantic and I knew a lot of people who died in that fire... It still hurts to this day, but it makes me happy to see people care even if they weren&apos;t even affected, Thanks to everyone again...

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  @ioozemayonnaise847 · 4 years ago

  Well, after 8 years, our city is on the way to recover from this tragic event. Like a phœnix, Lac-Mégantic has risen from it’s ashes (literally). Though the memories of the ones lost are still painful, our future is bright, and we stand in solidarity.

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  @baybaywolf · 4 years ago

  Even though this is horrible tragedy with many lives lost I want to take a moment to appreciate the fire fighters for their bravery, teamwork, problem solving, and prevention skills. They did amazing work and I’m proud they are Canadians

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  @Vinlyguyx420x · 4 years ago

  Ugh not a fun time! I ship dangerous goods for the worlds largest plumbing supplier here in Canada and nobody give a crap about properly transporting dangerous goods until something terrible like this happens! These videos &amp; stories in general are important for people to hear because it draws you away from complacency and makes you think!

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