Seconds from Disaster

Season 1 Episode 6: Wreck of the Sunset Limited (The Wreck of the Sunset Limited)

September 1993. The captain of a towboat unwittingly causes the collapse of a bridge over the Big Bayou Canot. When an Amtrak train comes along, it derails with 47 lives lost. Why was such a hideous mistake made? How could it have been prevented? Could it have been prevented at all? Wreck of the Sunset Limited explains why over 40 people died that Autumn day.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

7

Episodes:

75

Cast:

Ashton Smith

Quality:

HD

Duration:

47 min

First Air:

2005

Rating:

7.2