Doomsday: History's Most Dangerous Podcast · Brad Choma

The Cave Creek Platform Disaster of 1995 | Episode 93

·45 min·4 clips

The platform tore free with a splintering crack and launched into freefall.

This episode recounts the 1995 Cave Creek platform disaster in New Zealand, where a poorly constructed viewing platform collapsed, killing 12 students and injuring others. It explores the negligence in construction, the harrowing rescue efforts, and the subsequent lack of legal accountability, while also discussing survival techniques for falls.

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