Destroyed In Seconds
S01E13: Episode 13
113 Santiago, Chile – industrial plastics factory fire spews shrapnel Ridger Mountain Range, MT – Nick & Mike film their skiing and start an avalanche that buries them Isle of Man – TT Milky Quayle motorcycle crash St. Petersburg, Russia – 9 story apartment building fire and building collapse Phoenix, AZ – pylon airplane racing WWII Corsair crash Los Angeles, CA – Southern I-405 chain of accidents filmed by Paul Anderic Cape Canaveral, FL 8/12/98 – Titan IV rocket goes off course and is blown up Arches National Park, UT – SUV coming down Lion's Back rock crashes off the side Nantucket Island 12/92 – a Nor'easter storm rips a house away.
Overview
Destroyed in Seconds is a half-hour American television series that airs on Discovery Channel. Hosted by Ron Pitts, it features video segments of various things being destroyed fairly quickly such as planes crashing, explosions, sinkholes, boats crashing, fires, race car incidents, floods, etc. The nature of the show closely resembles Real TV. The show uses real video of real events, and commentary explaining the destruction portrayed. Most videos have stock sound effects added. Some of the events seen resulted in fatalities, and all of the events have property damage. It is currently on hiatus.