Disaster Area

  Every day we head off to work or school or wherever else we might be headed with the hope we will arrive there safely. But while we might feel like we can depend on ourselves to keep safe, sometimes our lives are in the hands of pilots, drivers, or engineers who are under extraordinary pressures we have no clue about until it's too late. Videos: Seconds From Disaster: Runaway Train (S 6, Ep 5) Trapped Underground for Hours After Horrific Train Crash (S 1 Ep 3) Fukuchiyama Derailment Mystery (Toshiden podcast, Tara A. Devlin) Articles and books: Families, Survivors Mark 14th Anniversary of Fatal JR West Derailment  54 Killed in Japan Train Crash Japan Train Derailment Two Survivors Pulled From Train Crash in Japan; Death Toll at 76 Second Train Derailment in Japan At Least 73 Dead, 456 Hurt in Japan Train Derailment Toll Rises in Japan Train Wreck Japan Train Crash Toll Climbs Japan’s Train Derailment Reaches 95, May Rise Further Rail Company in Japan Investigated Japan Crash Inquiry Focuses on Driver De