Episode 166: The Lac-Mégantic train disaster

EPISODE · May 13, 2021 · 1H 40M

Episode 166: The Lac-Mégantic train disaster

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On a warm Friday night in July, 2013, over a hundred people were enjoying the comfortable atmosphere and enjoyable music at the Musi-Cafe, a popular local bar in Lac-Megantic, Quebec. Then at quarter after one, the ground began to shake as a runaway train barrel down the local tracks with no one at the controls. What happened next would destroy a town both physically and emotionally.

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