From shocking aviation incidents to unsettling celebrity scandals, 2024 was a year of jaw-dropping events. Join us as we explore the most bizarre and troubling moments that left the world stunned. We'll delve into controversial revelations, tragic incidents, and unexpected twists that defined this unforgettable year.
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00:00The moment they walked through the event's doors, it all came crashing down.
00:05Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we'll be looking at the most bizarre,
00:09shocking and jaw-dropping events of 2024 that left us all shaken to the core.
00:14I always did my best to be a trooper, never complain.
00:19Boeing's defective planes.
00:21Boarding a flight only to have the fuselage rip off mid-air
00:25sounds like a scene from a disaster movie.
00:27It's a photo Kelly Bartlett says she never thought to take,
00:30but she's glad she did after living through the terrifying experience on flight 1282.
00:36But for passengers on Alaska Airlines flight 1282 on January 5th,
00:402024, that scene came to life. Shortly after the Boeing 737 aircraft took off,
00:46a door plug ripped away, sucking out passengers' items.
00:49So at first I thought it was just the window, and then I realized it was the whole panel,
00:54and that the kid who was sitting in that row, like, his seatbelt had saved his life.
00:58Thankfully, no one was seriously injured. In the following weeks,
01:02several Boeing planes experienced more alarming defects,
01:05which led to the aircrafts being grounded.
01:08In a statement, the company said safety is its top priority,
01:11and it has worked closely with regulators, investigators and stakeholders
01:16to implement changes that ensure accidents like these never happen again.
01:20Investigations soon discovered that in the January 5th incident,
01:24Boeing failed to install crucial bolts to secure the fuselage panel,
01:29sparking a criminal investigation into the company.
01:32Then, in a bizarre twist, Boeing whistleblower John Barnett was found dead in March,
01:37which only fueled suspicions about the company.
01:40Bihar Bridge Collapses
01:42A single bridge collapse is worrisome.
01:44But when 12 bridges crumble within 17 days in just one state,
01:49then that's a full-blown crisis.
01:51Another day, another bridge collapse. This is the story of Bihar.
01:54Beginning in June 2024, a dozen bridges gave way in the state of Bihar, India,
01:59with multiple sometimes happening on the same day.
02:02These concrete lifelines seem to be collapsing one after another at a pretty alarming rate.
02:08The timing coincided with the onset of monsoon season,
02:12cutting off communication between villages and disrupting access to schools and hospitals,
02:17which left many communities stranded.
02:19The recent bridge collapses across the state have not only disrupted daily life,
02:24but they've also shaken the public confidence in these
02:27structures that should be lifelines for the public.
02:29These incidents expose the use of subpar construction materials
02:34and the negligence of the engineers in charge.
02:36In early July, the state government suspended 15 engineers involved
02:40and ordered a reconstruction of the bridges at the contractor's expense.
02:45Kate Middleton's Disturbing Disappearance
02:47It's unusual for a prominent royal to disappear from public duties,
02:51so when Kate Middleton remained out of sight for months, speculation ran wild.
02:56I think it's really hard to understand really why they're not telling us.
03:00Although Kensington Palace had announced in January 2024 that
03:04Middleton underwent abdominal surgery and was recovering,
03:07conspiracy theories still circulated.
03:09Some suggested she had divorced Prince William,
03:12undergone cosmetic surgery, or even passed away.
03:15In an attempt to calm the storm,
03:17Kensington Palace released a Mother's Day photo of Middleton with her children.
03:21But it only fanned the conspiratorial flames.
03:24The princess apologized,
03:26raising new questions about what's going on behind the palace walls.
03:30Observers noted several discrepancies with the image,
03:32which led reputable news outlets to take it down.
03:35Finally, on March 22, Middleton broke her silence with a video,
03:40disclosing that she had been diagnosed with cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy.
03:45We hope that you'll understand that as a family,
03:49we now need some time, space, and privacy while I complete my treatment.
03:53Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s brain worm.
03:56There is such a thing as too much information,
03:58and voters got plenty of it during the 2024 presidential campaign,
04:02thanks to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
04:04Tonight, new questions about the health of independent presidential candidate
04:07Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
04:09During a podcast interview,
04:10Kennedy revealed that he suffered memory loss and mental fog in 2010
04:15after a worm crawled into his brain, ate part of it, and died there.
04:20Doctors initially thought he had a brain tumor,
04:22but it was eventually determined that the culprit was, in fact, a parasitic worm.
04:26Most people will have at least some degree of cognitive impairment
04:30just because of the inflammation that goes on in the brain
04:32when a parasite has made a home for itself there.
04:35Never one to shy away from unsettling personal stories,
04:38Kennedy later revealed that he once dumped a dead bear cub in Central Park just because.
04:44So I pulled over and I picked up the bear.
04:48We're not entirely sure what drove him to that decision, but we have a wiggly hunch.
04:54Kolkata sexual assault and murder.
04:56On August 8, 2024, a trainee doctor in Kolkata, India,
05:01went to sleep after enduring a grueling 36-hour shift.
05:04The following morning, her body was discovered.
05:07Having been sexually assaulted and murdered.
05:09As a result, thousands of doctors went on strike and took to the streets in protest.
05:14There's an anger that has been simmering for generations
05:17amongst doctors, amongst women, amongst all healthcare workers.
05:21The day after the grim discovery, Sanjay Roy,
05:24a police volunteer, was arrested after confessing to the crime.
05:27He was the one who had been seen on CCTV
05:30walking close to the lecture hall where the murder had taken place.
05:34He was officially charged in October.
05:36But Roy wasn't the only one facing repercussions.
05:39Hospital administrators allegedly attempted to cover up the crime,
05:43initially telling the doctor's parents that she had taken her own life.
05:47Amid the growing protests, Sandeep Kumir Ghosh, the hospital's principal,
05:51resigned only to be arrested later for tampering with evidence.
05:55Sandeep will be produced before the Shialda Court on Sunday.
05:58The self-immolation of Aaron Bushnell.
06:01Since the Israel-Hamas war began in October 2023,
06:05the U.S. has pumped billions of dollars into supporting Israel
06:08while condemning the civilian casualties in Palestine.
06:11This has led to widespread protests,
06:14even from within President Biden's administration and the U.S. military.
06:18These are some live pictures of a vigil underway
06:20outside the Israeli embassy in northwest D.C.
06:23People there are gathering to remember 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell.
06:27On February 25, 2024, Air Force serviceman Aaron Bushnell
06:32took his opposition to an extreme level.
06:34That morning, he messaged media outlets about his plan to,
06:37quote, protest against the genocide of the Palestinian people.
06:41Dressed in full combat gear,
06:42Bushnell stood in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., and ended it all.
06:47Screaming, free Palestine.
06:49He was rushed to the hospital, where he succumbs to his burn injuries.
06:53This marked the second self-immolation protest against U.S. support for Israel.
06:58Jeffrey Epstein unsealed documents.
07:01The case against disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein keeps unraveling,
07:05even years after his death.
07:07We learn more each time about how this sophisticated trafficking operation happened.
07:12Epstein, who was charged with trafficking young victims,
07:15reportedly took his own life in his jail cell while awaiting trial.
07:19Since then, calls to unseal court documents have grown louder,
07:23and in January 2024, they were finally released.
07:26He was a brilliant manipulator of powerful men.
07:32These documents named an eyebrow-raising mix of victims,
07:36friends, and high-profile associates of Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
07:42This was a well-oiled machine.
07:44Among them were Donald Trump, David Copperfield, Bill Clinton,
07:48Prince Andrew, Michael Jackson, and, to everyone's surprise, Stephen Hawking.
07:54While merely being named doesn't imply guilt, the documents revealed disturbing tidbits,
07:59including Clinton's alleged preference for
08:01young partners and Hawking's participation in an inappropriate group activity.
08:07Attempted assassination of Donald Trump
08:09Back in July 2024, Donald Trump was still the presumptive Republican nominee
08:14for the U.S. presidential election.
08:15On July 13th, mere days before he was scheduled to formally accept the nomination,
08:20Trump was shot during a rally in Pennsylvania.
08:23The entire campaign apparatus is just deeply rattled.
08:26A lot of people have not been able to have a chance to speak with the former president directly.
08:30The perpetrator, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks,
08:34fired several rounds that killed one attendee and injured two others
08:38before he was finally shot by the Secret Service.
08:40Local police taking these pictures when they first noticed the shooter,
08:44and these pictures of the items found on the roof.
08:47Trump was wounded in his right ear, but luckily escaped without any critical injuries.
08:51As the most serious attempt on a president or presidential candidate's
08:54life since Ronald Reagan in 1981, the attack drew bipartisan condemnation.
08:59Look, there's no place in America for this kind of violence. It's sick.
09:04Surprisingly, this was only the first of two attempts,
09:06with the second taking place at his Florida golf course two months later.
09:10He posted a message on social media assuring that he is safe and well
09:14and saying nothing will slow him down.
09:17Sean Diddy Combs arrest and escalation of the case
09:21Sean Diddy Combs' downfall began in November of 2023 when his former partner,
09:26Cassie Ventura, filed a lawsuit accusing him of sexual and physical assault.
09:30Saying in a statement,
09:31After years in silence and darkness, I am finally ready to tell my story
09:36and to speak up on behalf of myself and for the benefit of other women
09:40who face violence and abuse in their relationships.
09:43Although the case was quickly settled, Ventura's claims gained further credibility in May 2024
09:49when surveillance footage showed Combs attacking her in a hotel.
09:53By September, the scandal escalated,
09:55as Combs was arrested on charges for racketeering and sex trafficking.
10:00Then came the disturbing revelations surrounding his past behavior,
10:04Combs' alleged hosting of freak-off parties,
10:07drugging sex workers and coercing them into acts he filmed to ensure their silence.
10:12A good 80 to 90 percent of what we see in the indictment
10:17is from video evidence because it takes time.
10:21It takes months to go through that evidence to identify
10:25who some of these victims and witnesses are to reach out to them
10:29to then hope that they will be willing to testify.
10:32If convicted, Combs could face life in prison.
10:34But even without a conviction, his legal troubles aren't over.
10:38More than 100 lawsuits are pending from individuals
10:41accusing him of assault during the 2000s and 2010s.
10:45I believe the indictment is the tip of the iceberg.
10:47That's a scary thought, isn't it?
10:49It's an incredibly scary thought.
10:51I mean, there's countless victims who we likely won't know the identities of,
10:57but my hope is that they get some sense of justice from this.
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11:17Bombshell revelations from Quiet on the Set documentary.
11:21Nickelodeon owes much of its success to Dan Schneider.
11:24In the mid-90s, Nickelodeon is pushing the boundaries of children's entertainment.
11:31And this is when Dan Schneider arrives.
11:33The man behind iconic series like The Amanda Show,
11:36Drake & Josh, and iCarly was once the network's golden boy.
11:40However, in the wake of the Me Too movement,
11:42allegations of toxic workplace behavior forced Nickelodeon to sever ties with him.
11:48Then came the 2024 series Quiet on the Set,
11:51which pulled back the curtain on even more troubling allegations.
11:55We were there for so many hours.
11:57You get comfortable with people.
12:04Until you're not.
12:05The documentary featured former Nickelodeon child stars and writers
12:09alleging predatory behavior and gender discrimination behind the scenes.
12:14Notably, actor Drake Bell, whose identity was previously sealed,
12:18revealed himself as the victim in a 2003 case involving a former Nickelodeon dialogue coach.
12:24I knew that my life was going to be absolutely completely different from that point on.
12:29These revelations cast a harsh spotlight on the industry's
12:33failure to protect its most vulnerable talents.
12:35Environment on set really matters when we're talking about kids,
12:39because if they aren't protected, then they're vulnerable to much worse.
12:42What 2024 events troubled you the most? Let us know in the comments below.
12:47You know, not everybody gets to be normal afterwards.
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