Sampoong Department Store Collapse: The 10 cm Crack They Ignored (1995)
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Discover how a 10-centimeter crack in the Sampoong Department Store's fifth-floor slab was ignored, leading to the deadliest building collapse in South Korean history. Learn the structural failure timeline and the fatal decisions that sealed the building's fate. Chapters: 00:00 TEN CENTIMETRES WIDE 00:16 In danger of collapse 00:27 What they did
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