The whole world watched in horror as the Indian Ocean tsunami swept through Southeast Asia...
The "Titanic", the "unsinkable ship", hit an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean...
Was the Columbia space shuttle's final flight doomed from the start?
A routine safety inspection led to the worst nuclear accident of the 20th century?
How did a freak accident turn a drilling platform into a maritime hell?
Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions... Natural disasters and the damage they cause have been plaguing us and threatening our survival since the beginning of human existence. Advances in technology have led to more tragedies – aviation accidents, oil spills and nuclear meltdowns…
We've been faced with seemingly countless reports of disaster events since the media began broadcasting live events around the world. Still, we sometimes struggle to understand every aspect of a disaster—how do we measure its scale? How does one cope with these misfortunes? Once a disaster has caused damage, what happens next?
The only lesson humans learn from history is to never learn any lessons.
In the face of disaster, we truly feel powerless, confused and regretful; but at the same time, we also truly feel shocked, moved and loved.
Let's return to the scene of the incident and try to understand the disaster that changed the course of human history.
I hope that humans will no longer have any regrets.
Hopefully, humans will not repeat the same mistakes.
