Challenger Disaster | What Really Happened | 4

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Challenger Disaster | Revisiting the Tragedy | 5

Like most people who were alive in 1986, filmmaker Steven Leckart remembers the Challenger disaster. He was a kid in elementary school at the time. But as an adult, Leckart set out to explore the aftermath of what happened through interviews with astronauts’ family members, engin ...  Show more

Station Nightclub Fire | Pyrotechnics | 1

In February 2003, a small nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island called the Station gets set to host a performance by ‘80s rock band Great White. But unbeknownst to the club’s patrons, owners Michael and Jeffrey Derderian and their staff have cut corners on safety. And when Grea ...  Show more

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