Episode 61: The CTV Building collapse

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🗓️ 23 November 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Imagine you went to work every day terrified today would be the day the building would fall down around your ears. That was what it was like working in the CTV Building in Christchurch, New Zealand. Then in September of 2010, the earthquakes began. As each aftershock rocked the building, it grew closer and closer to the day when its weakened shell would finally crumble.

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1:38.7	area.
1:48.0	Episode 61. The CTV building collapse.
1:51.0	February 22, 2011.
1:54.0	115 deceased, dozens injured.
1:58.0	For every large disaster, there is a certain location which becomes the terrifying
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