Video: 'Bangladesh Factory Collapse'

(Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 8:45 a.m. Bangladesh Standard Time; during the 2013 Rana Plaza factory collapse) — 1,134 people were killed today when a shoddily constructed eight-story commercial building housing garment factories making clothing for European and American consumers collapsed into a deadly heap in Bangladesh. Continue reading 1,134 people killed when building housing garment factories collapses in Savar, Bangladesh 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 24 2013) →

Video: 'RAW: Watch Boston Marathon explosions'

(Sunday, April 15, 2013, 2:49:43 p.m. EST; during the Boston Marathon bombing) — Two bombs made from pressure cookers exploded today at the Boston Marathon finish line, killing two women and an 8-year-old boy and injuring more than 260, as one of this city’s most cherished rites of spring was transformed from a scene of cheers and sweaty triumph to one of screams and carnage. Continue reading Two pressure-cooker bombs explode near Boston Marathon finish line, killing three people 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 15 2013) →

Video: 'Brazil Nightclub Fire Kills 245 People (January 27, 2013)'

(Sunday, January 27, 2013, 2:00-2:30 a.m. Brasília Summer Time) — Flames raced through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early today killing 245 people as panicked partygoers gasped for breath in the smoke-filled air, stampeding toward a single exit partially blocked by those already dead. Continue reading 245 people killed in Kiss nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 27 2013) →

Video: 'LIVE: State police in CT address school shooting'

(Friday, December 14, 2012, approximately 9:35-9:40 a.m. EST; during the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting ) — A gunman with a semi-automatic rifle killed 20 first-graders and six adult staff members today at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, then took his own life as police arrived. Continue reading Gunman, 20, kills 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, then takes his own life 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 14 2012) →

Video: 'Bangladesh Garment Factory Fire Leaves 112 Dead'

(Saturday, November 24, 2012, 6:50 p.m. Bangladesh Standard Time; during the 2012 Dhaka garment factory fire) — At least 117 people died and over 200 were injured tonight and Sunday in a fire at a garment factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, the deadliest factory fire in the nation’s history. Continue reading At least 117 people killed after fire sweeps through clothing factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 24 2012) →

Video: 'Superstorm Sandy' (20 videos)

(Monday, October 29, 2012, approximately 7:30 p.m. EDT; part of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane and 2012–13 North American winter seasons) — The storm that began as Hurricane Sandy and hit several Caribbean countries made landfall tonight in New Jersey — after being reclassified as a still-powerful post-tropical cyclone — and slowly marched inland, devastating coastal communities and causing widespread power outages. Continue reading Superstorm Sandy slams ashore in New Jersey and slowly marches inland, devastating coastal communities and causing widespread power outages 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 29 2012) →