The Collapse Of The Hotel New World | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

[@lollybowser]

Surprised by how seriously the government took building safety and proceeded to demolish unsafe buildings out of caution. These videos tend to end on a more sour note about how governments and companies look away from disasters, so this was a breath of fresh air.

[@GrisouIII]

Very true

[@nozoto]

Singapore is a rich micro nation, so managing this kind of aspect is way easier, given the scale of the territory. Besides, tourism is a big part of their economy and they cannot afford to lose the trust of visitors.

[@Croz89]

I wouldn't be surprised if most of those buildings were government owned and leased out. Probably made the whole process a lot smoother than it would be in other countries, no building owners or insurance companies to drag out compensation claims through the courts.

[@katiekane5247]

Curious how the USA changed no building code after the first collapses of steel frame skyscrapers due to fire, isn't it?

[@holothewisewolf2579]

@@katiekane5247 still happens unfortunately, like the Miami condo collapse

[@saraho92]

The bravery and expertise of Tommy Gallagher and his men should never be forgotten. They risked their own lives to rescue others and were duly honoured in Singapore and applauded at home in Ireland. Without their warnings, the rubble would probably have caved in on the survivors trapped below.

[@ArtCurator2020]

Unfortunately, heroism after the fact is a .poor substitute for incompetence before the fact. More Competence = The Need For Less Heroes.

[@ralphmillais5237]

@@ArtCurator2020 *Fewer* Heroes.

[@theshermantanker7043]

They got the highest peacetime honour award here, and as someone who was born and raised in the country I say they more than bloody earned it

[@TeletranOne100]

The survivors could no doubt hear the clanking of the engineers’ balls as they approached.

[@lexprontera8325]

@@ralphmillais5237 Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well. Heil Grammar 😄

[@JE-zl6uy]

After hearing so many tales of Government inefficiency in addressing disaster, it is amazing to hear one where a country took the matter seriously, compensated the families of victims, honored the rescuers and first responders, and even implemented regulations to avoid this ever happening again.

[@spiritmatter1553]

Amazing that that can actually be done. Thanks for showing us, Singapore. 🇸🇬

[@28Josereyes]

Singapore took this tragedy as a lesson to improve and to have a better and safe modern infrastructure and it succeed by becoming one of the top countries of high quality and safe modern infrastructure in the world! The reaction and response of the government after the collapse of the hotel was incredibly adequate and impressive by organizing a general inspection of many other buildings, how they took care and assisted the families of the victims and how they awarded the rescuers for the great heroism effort was so perfect!! This is proof how we can learn and improve to be better even out of negative and tragic events in life.

[@gilzor9376]

Sorry pal , "high quality and safe modern . . . in the World". . . . China is #1, United States is #2 . . . . Singapore is #13

[@trashchicken4882]

@@gilzor9376 mind sending over the stats you got those rankings from. Genuinely curious to see the rankings

[@28Josereyes]

@@gilzor9376 cms.law/en/int/publication/cms-infrastructure-index-2021/singapore-ranks-number-1?format=pdf

[@gilzor9376]

@@trashchicken4882 . . . . . . lol . . . you got a mouse and a keyboard too, lol, do your own homework it's out there.

[@AtlasNL]

@@gilzor9376 Nice logical fallacy you got there mate. The burden of proof is on you. When you cite something, you mention the source you took your information from.

[@confusedDruid]

It's sad how surprised I am to see how compassionately and just generally amazingly the Singaporean government responded to this disaster

[@VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

And this from a country that is not known for its compassion. It's a draconian state.

[@nataliamakarova6592]

@@VideoDotGoogleDotCom I’ve lived there for 4 years. Can’t agree more

[@neckbackcripplinganxietyattack]

@@nataliamakarova6592 I was born here. I would vaguely agree

[@theshermantanker7043]

@@VideoDotGoogleDotCom As a local I can agree, it's a country that really takes no one's shit and a stubborn as hell government

[@nthgth]

Well, draconian states can get certain things right if they decide to. Even Nazi Germany - hypothetically if they'd had to organize a disaster relief, I bet it would've been super effective.

[@stephenjcuk7562]

Very impressive response by the state after the collapse. New regulations and demolitions to other substandard buildings. Compensation and care for victims families etc etc. For a newish regime this is applaudable.

[@reachandler3655]

For any regime/country/company this is applaudable.

[@charamia9402]

Honestly, the response shouldn't have been 'impressive'. I find it disheartening that we're impressed by the response to this disaster because the response usually is laughable rather than the minimum of professionalism, compassion and common decensy.

[@dcviper985]

It’s easy to do things when you’re an autocrat.

[@kathyjones1576]

I was going to say the same thing. Although they should have made sure the original designer was qualified to do the job, the way they responded was really good.

[@thesilver3794]

Imagine if the us did that

[@CartoonHero1986]

It's so rare these stories end with everyone taking accountability and making everyone's interests are taken care of. -ID'ed the problem: check -Didn't force blame on a single person for a compounding issue: check -Enacted several new mandates that did not allow grandfathering under old mandates for unsafe buildings: check -Enacted several new and better funded disaster relief programs: check -Compensated survivors, immediate family of victims, and additional compensation for children of victims: check -Acknowledged the people with the most expert knowledge without extensive arguments over who was in charge instead focusing on saving as many people as fast as possible: check -Realised a cover up and mickey mouse trial would do more harm than good to tourism and stayed mostly transparent about the whole thing internationally: check

[@arnoldhenry]

Yes, I was surprised the government of Singapore did want they did and how long the investigation of the collapse have taken. It seems it was through and check every possible reason why it happen. Maybe the rest of world's governments should take notes on how to do an investigation without the politics involved in those types of disaster investigations.

[@mikezerker6925]

Also promptly tearing down other buildings that may have the same issue and replacing them with new safer ones! Kudos to Singapore!

[@benjamincuevas9627]

man they got their shit together. sad that all of this could've been avoided if they have used someone more qualified.

[@kathyjones1576]

@@benjamincuevas9627 they did learn from this mistake though. They even set up ways to make sure people were more qualified in the future.

[@kringe700]

Well you gotta be transparent to the international community when literally 99% of your economy is literally foreign investment.

[@relms12345]

As a Singaporean I'm extremely proud of what the Government did and how they handled the disaster.

[@planescaped]

Rare that a government does the right thing to the degree seen here.

[@spiritmatter1553]

You’re right to be proud. Your leaders set an example for the world.

[@kspen6110]

Yes. It is amazing how they handled this disaster. I'm proud of them as well and I live in the US.

[@lktzu2821]

As a fellow Singaporean I agree wholeheartedly. They handled it well.

[@Aurica34]

Fellow Singaporean here to. Am proud to be born in that era too

[@Fusilier7]

Thank goodness for Tommy Gallagher and the Irish tunnellers, their courage and gallantry deserved to be honoured, despite knowing the debris could collapse on them at any time, they still when in and saved lives, true heroes.

[@EncounterswithStrangeness]

When you look at that massive pile of rubble, it's extraordinary to think that 17 people survived! Thank goodness none of the rescuers were lost. Another awesome video.

[@whyjnot420]

4 days and everyone, dead and alive, accounted for. I have to take my hat off to the people who pulled that off. Not only did it mean they got to survivors in a timely manner, but it also means that the friends and family of those who died could start the process of dealing with their loss almost right away. That is worthy of admiration.

[@levelheaded0038]

It’s so refreshing to hear a collapse story where everyone involved took things seriously and tried their best to make positive changes going forward. Thanks for sharing

[@jonathanlau1221]

There was another (smaller but still significant) incident in which a busy roadway collapsed during tunneling works for a new MRT (Singapore's subway) line. 4 dead and a handful injured, but did make many citizens wonder, at the time, whether the extensive network of tunnels current & yet to come, would pose serious problems for buildings or roadways in the future. There is also a story of a local labor foreman who paid the ultimate price when he stayed behind during the collapse, to ensure that 8 migrant workers manage to escape to safety. It would be an honor to his heroic deed, that the story would be told to the world.

[@d3viLang3LFall3n]

Was it the Nicole Highway collapse? Whew.. that was 2 decades ago, almost

[@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752]

This should have a spotlight...

[@The_Modeling_Underdog]

Yes, please.

[@jonathanlau1221]

@@d3viLang3LFall3n Yes, the Nicoll Highway collapse in 2004. Unfortunately Fascinating Horror or any other researcher is going to have a hard time finding out more than what can be seen on a Google search. The Singapore media reports are highly regulated by the State, in stark contrast to the 1980's when Hotel New World collapsed.

[@spiritmatter1553]

@@jonathanlau1221 If you have any English language information that you can post or share with @Fascinating Horror, would be a good start. 💡

[@VenusFlyHands]

This channel really makes be appreciate things like building codes and fire marshals. Keep up the good work!

[@kathyjones1576]

I can certainly understand why they thought of a bomb initially. A building collapses so suddenly, what else could it be? But when they did realize the cause, they faced it, corrected it, and then went to other buildings as well, and corrected them too. They were concerned about their people, and I believe the way they handled this proved to other nations "we're going to take care of your people when you visit". Is Singapore still like this?

[@nemowsz]

Actually, yes imo. In our handling of COVID recently, our government was overall pretty on the ball. It wasn't perfect, ofc, but shit didn't hit the fan. Vaccination rate is currently 88% and was rolled out to the population for free in batches. Those who rejected getting it had to put up with severe restrictions in daily life until recently. Our Prime Minister at one point pleaded to the citizens in a livestream to have patience during the 3 month long nationwide lockdown back in 2020.

[@nugget7865]

Yes, it is. And many times in the face of international criticism.

[@theshermantanker7043]

Yep, people in charge here are a bunch of stubborn ol' bastards, but as a national I gotta hand it to them they genuinely take no one's shit and are a no nonsense group. They don't care about your social status, they just do whatever they need to do, and if you try to argue but don't provide a convincing argument, they'll tell you to get lost. Although it's a really rough way to run a country I'll admit it's pretty admirable to be as fair as they are

[@solar315]

It’s nice, for a change, to see positive change made after a disaster in one of these videos. It feels like there’s too many cases where nothing happened and nobody received compensation, so seeing such thorough action here is welcome

[@XmarkedSpot]

Structural engineer here. Not accounting for dead loads is such a hair raising basic error that i can't actually fathom it being committed anywhere by anyone, let alone a building having been constructed without a single contractor catching it and alerting anyone. smh

[@asdfreii]

I had to come back and watch again, because I just can't fathom it

[@kathyjones1576]

He did say the man who drew the original plans was not fully trained. Although I am surprised more experienced people didn't catch it. The government did handle it well, after the fact. I like the way they jumped in to correct that one as well as other buildings they found to be unsafe.

[@mlgfumo2761]

I'm not even an engineer and that stunned me. Isn't that basically... not accounting for the actual building itself? Or close enough? All I know for sure is, I'm suddenly much more grateful we live in a world where certification is a thing...

[@asdfreii]

@@kathyjones1576 the “not fully trained” part… this sort of mistake is like becoming a race car driver and not knowing there are brakes

[@XmarkedSpot]

@@kathyjones1576 as @asdfreii already said, it's a very basic mistake, a thing even a freshman would be scolded for relentlessly and rightfully at that

[@lantinkan9013]

once again, top tier content. I wish the channel creator would consider making a full length documentary on something that interests him. I'd bet it would really interest us, too. this channel is a high water mark for other creators to aspire to, man

[@borleyboo5613]

If I’d have been at the hotel when it started shifting and cracking....I’d have been out of there sharpish. How frightening. Another well out together video. Thank you.

[@ninjax105]

Dude, you should investigate Singapore's accidents in the period between 1974 to 1988. You will be surprised how many major accidents we have!

[@LightBluly]

Spyros disaster 1974 and Cable Car accident 1983 are the most notably events. I hope he covered this. It's part of our important history.

[@asdfreii]

That reveal of the cause was not what I was expecting. What an unforgivable, irreconcilable failure in planning.

[@MusicoftheDamned]

Yeah, I was expecting the usual greed and corner cutting. In a way, it's sadly "refreshing" that it was "just" basic if massive incompetence in the designs from the very start instead of greed making an avoidable situation worse & deadly and/or further incompetence making the disaster even worse or happen in the first place. The other building collapse disasters he covered like the South Korean mall (in "The Sampoong Department Store Collapse") and the Jerusalem dance hall (in "The Versailles Wedding Hall Disaster") are unfortunate examples of that. But, no, in this case even the attempts to fix the crumbling columns in the two days before seemed sincere. It was just too little, too late since the building was doomed from the start due to its immensely flawed design.

[@liewsoonhao4643]

​@@MusicoftheDamnedIn a Singaporean production, it turns out this disaster came from greed of the owner, who ironically died in the collpase

[@hammyh1165]

That was an impressive and quick rescue and recovery effort . Hats off to those engineers.

[@Maniac3020]

I think the speed and thoroughness of the response to this disaster is a testament to the behaviors that were responsible for Singapore's rapid economic rise.

[@bluepricklesaviation4626]

Great vid! Im a 19 year old singaporean and i had no idea this incident had happened. The singapore govt is really efficient but unfortunately there's loads of strict rules here and cost of living is rlly high

[@ferociousgumby]

I could listen to this guy's voice all day. Best narrator on KZbin.

[@frederickho3782]

I am a Singaporean and this incident took place when I was 6. I recalled it was the headline for weeks to come after the incident. The scene from the TV news showing the hysteric family members of the deceased still haunt my mind till this day.

[@Backroad_Junkie]

If these collapsing buildings have taught me anything, if there are cracks in support columns or bearing walls... GET THE HELL OUT! 😁

[@QT5656]

A seriously impressive rescue operation given the circumstances.

[@ethribin4188]

The rainway engineers are freaking heros! And its so weird... What collapsed the building is a lack of specialists/engineers. What saved the people was specislists/engineers.

[@VoteZombie2012]

This is quite possibly my favorite channel. Keep up the amazing work. Every experience you've mentioned in this channel is an excellent learning experience for everyone

[@anthonydivon5571]

And no engineer or architect went behind the draftsman to check their plans that's a real head scratcher

[@emordnilap4747]

Wow they dealt with this remarkably well. I think this is the first man made disaster documentary I've ever seen that didn't involve corruption, willful blindness, or lack of accountability. It's definitely the first one that makes the country it happened in look GOOD.

[@saragrant9749]

It’s pleasantly surprising the heat how seriously the government took this disaster. Most just investigate, charge and move on, rather than inspect other buildings and take subsequent action. The people who worked without breaks for days to rescue all they could deserve honor and recognition for certain- they are heroes.

[@BertLensch]

A university I worked for previously built a parking deck on campus. They were very proud of it because all people who worked on the design and building of the new deck were graduates of the Engineering school. After it was built it was immediately torn down and rebuilt to half the capacity. Turns out they neglected to take into account the potential live load of the building, and the walls started cracking as soon as they parked the first test car at the top of the deck.

[@EXROBOWIDOW]

That's the kind of error we expect, though. Design a structure, and forget about designing for what the structure is supposed to do: in this case, support moving vehicles and people, in addition to its own weight. I'd have no problem with letting any level of students take a crack at the design. But there had better be an independent engineering firm to review the project with a fine tooth comb. And the recommendations of the professionals MUST be adhered to.

[@faritkamalov6567]

Please do Transvaal Park waterpark collapse in Moscow in 2002 or The Lame Horse night club fire in Perm in 2009.

[@Ibrahim-ls2qk]

Singapore didn't leave Malaysia, it was kicked out. Putting that aside, I got to know one of the legendary firemen when I was in national service, he was fierce and have an outstanding persona. He retired a few years ago and you can search him up as well. He is SWO (RET) Mohd Salleh Ali aka Encik Agayle, as he prefer to be called.

[@protostar5946]

Kicked out? How?

[@samdancer101]

Singapore- that one country that gained independence unwillingly lol

[@tldr365]

@@protostar5946 Didn't want to play along with corrupt Malaysian politicians.

[@taffwob]

The fact that untrained "draughtsmen" were able to design & detail a multi storey hotel is worrying in the least. I produce structural drawings for the construction industry & something that went to the construction stage without being properly designed, checked & approved is terrifying to me.

[@domesticterrorist483]

Have they never heard of structural engineers in Singapore?

[@PureSniperWolf]

To have zero calculations or planning that included the dead weight of a concrete 6 floor building is *terrifying *!

[@toon10001two]

How in the fuck these guys didn't account for dead load is scary. This is literally the first thing taught in structural mechanics, thr fact they even got a job is terrifying

[@stevie-ray2020]

@@toon10001two Obviously the developers thought they'd save some money by hiring students!

[@damagecontrol7]

@@stevie-ray2020 perhaps students who flunked out 😂 😂

[@joesantos2455]

Just saw a KZbin video about the ten most expensive cities to live. Singapore was on the list. I was shocked.

[@bendingspring]

Hats off to the Singaporean authorities for providing a great response & not trying to BS themselves out of liability. Denying any responsibility when things go south seems the instant recourse these days.

[@jamienoonan1186]

What an awful disaster but according to your story, it was a very well planned and executed rescue plan.

[@LilAnnThrax]

Yay love being awake when you upload. Happy 3am. Love your videos!!

[@dryphtyr]

4am here. Cheers!

[@flyingmintbunny1286]

11am in the UK here :)

[@vega-lumechan4564]

3:15 am for me

[@Patco11]

Good morning Annie. Hope you’re doing well on this fine day . Hello from Massachusetts.

[@paulformaioni37]

8 pm here

[@truecrime59]

Thank you 😊 for another fantastic video

[@ridethasno]

2:15am here in Washington State USA. Sending love to whomever reads this. ❤️

[@Mitch-Hendren]

10.30am here in Ireland. Sending the love back across the ocean . 😏

[@HappyOliveStudio]

oh wow I hadn’t heard of this! It reminds me of the 1993 Royal Plaza Hotel collapse in Thailand. I was just a little kid living there when this happened and seeing the news coverage…. awful. Just awful. Those poor people. I’d be interested to see you cover that one!

[@deprofundis3293]

Wow, that survival rate is so much better than we got with Surfside. Granted, it was twice as tall, and twice as many people inside, only 3 of 100 survived that collapse. The survival rate in the New World Hotel collapse would been equivalent to 38 people having survived the Surfside collapse. I wonder why there's such a stark difference.

[@waverlh]

It is astonishing the differences between each country's response to these disasters. One can only wish every government responded like Singapore's.

[@shakedown1979]

The quality of the content never slips, these releases now are as informative, entertaining in a respectful way relevant to what occurred, and enthralling as the early ones 👍 Some of the still images I think I recall seeing in newspapers at the time as a young boy. This one is heartening when compared to, for example, the Sampoong collapse, in that the authorities here got right on it 👍

[@supertrooper6752]

Another great video! Would be awesome to also see you discuss some tragedies here in the Philippines as well, such as the Ozone Disco fire which is the worst fire in the country's history, and one of the worst nightclub fires in the world.

[@user-ee6lk1pb6w]

Ew no.

[@deprofundis3293]

@@user-ee6lk1pb6w what?? Why? I think this is a great suggestion. I'd never heard of it. 162 died? That's a huge deal!

[@jamesturner2126]

5:35 petrol is a very volitile fuel, this makes it very susceptible to sparks and heat. HOWEVER, this also makes it evaporate quickly when spilled.

[@mariusvanc]

If the vapors have nowhere to go, you now have an explosion risk.

[@ununhexium]

I'm surprised a building of that size only trapped 50 people inside. When I heard it was a hotel, I really thought the death toll would be much higher.

[@gayzell850]

The collapse happened at 11:45 a.m. on a Saturday. Checkout time in many hotels is 10 or 11 a.m. so all the guests who weren't staying another day would be gone and the majority of the rest were probably out sightseeing so most of the people inside would be hotel staff. Also the bank was probably not open and the nightclub was likely closed at that hour. Imagine if it had been 11:45 p.m. with a hotel full of sleeping guests and a packed nightclub.

[@pissant145]

Singapore out here teaching us all how govmt is SUPPOSED to work!! Good job! I'm very impressed!

[@RancidGravy]

Goddamn, I appreciate the government response here. Imagine if the families of victims, survivors and rescuers didn't have to fight tooth and nail for what was reasonably due.

[@theshermantanker7043]

Welcome to Singapore I guess, what can I say? Stubborn bastards that run the country with a tight grip the lot in charge here are, but they're also very fair and by the book as well

[@CraigWilsonAust]

I'm surprised there were only 50 people in the building at the time.

[@wentoneisendon6502]

Especially in Singapore. The shopping malls there are constantly crowded and its managed very well

[@theshermantanker7043]

Majority of the people who had booked rooms in the hotel were fortunately out travelling in the streets of the small country when this happened, which is why there were so few in the building at the time

[@MrJest2]

Man, the initial description of the columns starting to fail eerily echoed the indications present in the Champlain Towers South collapse in Florida. The causes were different, to an extent... but the witnesses observing cracking in the columns, spalling in the parking garage, and the sounds heard by the occupants... sent a chill up my spine.

[@theshermantanker7043]

Holy shit, something I suggested actually appeared on Fascinating Horror! Love your coverage of a disaster from my home country!

[@petergambier]

Thanks FH. As has been said by some of the commentators in the past, it's the disasters of the old that leads to better safety in general but you would have thought that any cracking would have the building managers wondering about the cause, especially in support columns.

[@kayzium67]

@Fascinating Horror, I have said many times, that your have a special way of describing the horrors in which many have found themselves in or died from, So sad that in many cases companies have blamed it on driver/human errors, rather than take responsibility. I also need to say again, Your narration is intoxicating, well read and well empathized at the right time and in the right way, you would be amazed at how wrong a piece can sound when verbally empathized at the wrong time. Thank you so much for the conistant video's you put out, as soon as i see a notification, I know a great, well produced video is about to be watched by myself and soon to be 1million subscribers. Keep up your Great work. xoxo

[@joncross8483]

That was the most competent and successful rescue and extraction effort in any of this channel's videos

[@sizanix]

My country made it to this channel! I am not sure if proud is the right feeling for this occasion.

[@cupcakecoffeelemon147]

From this video alone, I think they did much better than many others

[@boopbiffsnose]

That there were only 50 people in a building of that size when it collapsed was lucky, but the fact that they were actually able to rescue a third of them and recover all the rest is amazing.

[@kx4998]

The day of the collapse was a Saturday afternoon, if I am not wrong. Most Tourists who rented rooms are outside, and the bank at the bottom is mostly empty.

[@theshermantanker7043]

What KX said, majority of the people who booked rooms in it were likely out travelling in the streets of the small country when the hotel finally caved

[@ahill4642]

Impressive rescue effort and aftermath efforts. Refreshing silver linings.

[@jramirez8637]

I'd love to see you do a video on the helicopter accident on the set of the Twilight Zone movie. Not just the accident itself, but also the gross negligence present on the set even before the crash.

[@lauravacek4293]

Are you talking about the plane in the time-travel episode, or a helicopter prop in another episode (causing a real-life disaster)?

[@jramirez8637]

@@lauravacek4293 the helicopter crash on the set of the 1982 movie starring Vic Morrow!

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

You know there's video of the accident, right? Unlike other "accident video," (Christine Chubbuck's live suicide when she was a newscaster in '74...?) That one is real. It's very grainy, but it's the real thing.

[@Molkatoftime]

It’s 4am in Wisconsin but I’m tuning in because my spinal implants won’t let me sleep. Thanks for the upload

[@royalyugoslavrecords8939]

I also watched at 4 am in Wisconsin

[@dinascharnhorst6590]

And I've been watching from my bed in the ED: kidney stone. Thank goodness for FH posting this morning to distract me from my pain! I hope you feel better soon.

[@sask]

Thank you for all the great videos! Another interesting case might be the collapse of the historic archive in Cologne, Germany (2009)

[@robertbruce1887]

An excellent documentary, who would think a building standing solid for years would collapse so fast, but it appears there were small but important warning signs.

[@stevetournay6103]

I recall another of these videos where the root problem was the polar opposite: dead load accounted for, live load ignored... Impressive response by Singapore's government. And well done to the tunnel crews...

[@kspen6110]

How fortunate that a group of expert engineers were already in the area and came to help and direct the safest way to rescue those trapped. I can't believe an untrained man was able to design and build this eventual disaster. And it's nice to hear how the government gave compensation to the survivors as well as the children of those who didn't make it. Then to go the extra steps to ensure other buildings were up to code and stable. Tore down the ones that weren't deemed safe and made better building requirements. The fact that 19 people survived that total complete collapse is a miracle.

[@jamesmccrea4871]

Caught this one 7 minutes after upload, nice.

[@julieloucalcote1368]

Good Morning, y’all! Beaucoup love from south Louisiana

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

Singapore didn’t leave, they were thrown out of Malaysia. The prime minister Lee Kuan Yu even cried on camera over it. 😕

[@thatguybob3411]

Imagine being the guy who drew the designs for any of these disasters.. it would haunt me every day

[@theshermantanker7043]

Somewhat morbid information: One of the 2 men who drew the flawed designs died in the collapse

[@thatguybob3411]

@@theshermantanker7043 what are the odds that's insane

[@steve3291]

A bit of Polyfilla always helps! The rescue tunnellers included Irish and British tunnellers who had been working on the local mass transit system. They were real heroes.

[@jacekatalakis8316]

I'm now curious how Singapore was between 1960-1990 accidents wise, given there's a comment down there that says there were many disasters. I always figured this one was an isolated incident or one of a few. Apparently not at all...weirdly enough.

[@tldr365]

Not that many. Google will tell you as much.

[@nugget7865]

Not much at all in Singapore's entire history with regards to civil engineering disasters. The other one off the top of my head is the Nicoll highway collapse.

[@FelisThis]

Watching this reminds me of the collapsing of the Champlain Towers in Miami, Florida last year. Most of the almost 100 people killed were in their beds sleeping. 😥

[@KATHIESHOES]

That tragedy came to my mind as well!

[@NEKOUFar]

Did not expect they rescued so many...look at Surfside, where basically no one got rescued, and the exact same hazards as well

[@stephcarlofc]

Kudos for Singapore for taking this disaster seriously and improving the qualify of buildings in that country. God bless people like Tommy Gallagher. Not all heroes wear capes!!

[@lktzu2821]

As a Singaporean, sometimes I fail to appreciate the government of my country. This occurred a year before I was born but I heard of it from my family.

[@ryanOGab]

2:19 hospitalitalised. I was reading somewhere that The draftsman claimed that the building owner Ng Khong Lim, who died in the collapse incident, had appointed him to design The Building but Ng directed that building work. Ng requested to use inferior materials to build the Lian Yak Building in order to reduce the cost - ultimately costing him His own life.

[@filanfyretracker]

I admit this might be one of the first time ive heard of the dead load being what was not calculated, usually its the live loads.

[@billy2182]

Thank you, FH.

[@maddymeezy3121]

Love your videos and I’m always excited to learn when you upload! Would you ever consider doing a video on the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse in Pittsburgh? Pretty recent, but really interesting in terms of negligence for infrastructure (from what I remember, 175 total bridges in the city are labeled as “poor condition.”

[@theshermantanker7043]

You can send him an email if you want to suggest a disaster, it's in the video description. That's actually how I requested for this particular disaster to be covered!

[@lhea57]

Always love your fascinating stories. Love the intro music too.

[@pantherplatform]

Reminds me of the Kansas City T dance disaster where the one guy was trapped under the previously suspended walkway after it fell on him and he managed to survive the collapse and jack hammers.

[@elliottprice6084]

When disasters similar to this have been featured before, the outcome has usually been negative, with lessons not being learned, and those guilty of causing these types of disasters getting off lightly, or even Scott free. But lessons from this disaster were learned. Buildings that were unsafe were rebuilt to a safe standard. Even though the collapse of the Hotel Free World came too late for those killed, at least buildings are made to a safe standard and safety procedures are stringent and followed safely. And as sad as it is that more than thirty people lost their lives, it's miraculous that the death toll wasn't huge, considering how quickly this hotel collapsed

[@CatsT.M]

Dead weight is probably one of the first things they teach you about in how to engineer a building! That is horrible.

[@QT5656]

If you see a crack open up in your place of work don't assume someone else has already reported it.

[@CharlieKellyEsq]

I love this channel so much, I just binged like 4 hours of these videos

[@BLACKAAROW]

the Show seconds from disaster had an episode about this event and went really in depth on what happened

[@Stichting_NoFa-p]

Nice that you added that piece of history.

[@mratkovich]

If you watch the USCSB channel you will get some wonderfully animated docs on chemical safety disasters in the US. There is one that has to do with underground workers whose pallet of solvents were ignited and trapped them in the mountain tunnel. Might be a good subject

[@thomasmeyer6407]

I listen to your videos while I'm at work and just seeing today's video started my day off right thank you!

[@bobdobalina838]

Residents heard loud popping and saw cracks? Dude I would be out in the parking lot in a heartbeat.

[@meowjet]

Have you done a video on Woodstock 99? It was a crazy mess with a few people getting killed and many more injured due to those in charge only being concerned with making a profit.

[@stevie-ray2020]

Imagine if they'd subtracted the live-load from the dead-load instead of just forgetting about the dead-load? "My, what elegant, slender columns they have in this building!"

[@marilynkirby-roach187]

It’s a miracle there were only 50 people in the building when it collapsed.

[@lunacarmin]

Is amazing to think there were experienced engineers close to help with the rescue.

[@CarlosLopez-nl1rp]

Please look into the 1970 dynamite truck explosion of John Galt near Springfield Missouri, USA. Keep up the great work.

[@buttersstotch1365]

Thank you for all of your hard work in all your videos!

[@mournblade1066]

Wow, it sounds like Singapore actually has a rational and responsible government. Pretty much the rest of the world (including here in the U.S.) should take note.

[@ELatimerWrites]

Wow. Way to go Singapore. It feels like most of these stories end with the government doing absolutely nothing about it, so this was a nice change at the end for once.