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It's not the earthquake that kills people, it's buildings: when the 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, thousands of buildings collapsed, trapping their occupants inside...

This clip comes from "Deadly Disasters," Season 01, Episode 01: Earthquakes.

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Transcript
00:00With eyewitness accounts and fascinating expert insights,
00:06we investigate a catastrophic magnitude 7 earthquake
00:11that struck Haiti on the 12th of January 2010.
00:15When the earthquake struck, thousands of buildings collapsed,
00:19killing or trapping their occupants inside.
00:23While such a powerful earthquake could be expected to cause destruction,
00:32experts were shocked by the catastrophic failure of so many buildings,
00:36even new and renovated schools, police stations, bank branches,
00:42high-end hotels and hospitals.
00:46Some seismologists have a saying that it's not earthquakes that kill people,
00:51it's buildings that kill people.
00:57The cathedral and the National Palace were in ruins.
01:06The National Prison in Port-au-Prince was so badly damaged
01:10that 3,000 dangerous criminals were able to escape.

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