Puget Sound, WA 7/11/40 – Footage of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsing, killing a dog.He escapes just before the boat hits land. Bakersfield, CA – Speedboat racer Gary Ewing hits the shore, flies over a hill, and onto a road.Bristol, VA 4/15/08 – A tanker truck fire is caught on tape by a police dashboard camera.Milwaukee, Wisconsin 4/11/89 – A Sikorsky S-58ET N4247U (November 4247 Uniform) operated by Midwest Helicopters crashes due to a failed coupling on the tail rotor, after carrying an old and faulty air conditioner from a roof.Lieghton, Alabama – Cars are sent into the air by a tornado that hits a parking lot.Parkersburg, Iowa 5/22/08 – A tornado hits a bank.Iran 1980 – Operation Credible Sport ends in a Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash.5/12/02 A Danish windmill goes out of control and rips apart.His bike broke in two when it hits a bump, tumbling Eric down the volcano. Nicaragua 11/4/02 – Eric Barone tries to set a land speed record on a volcano.Portland, OR – Two men attempt to save their lives, by outrunning a large mudslide.Chesapeake Bay 9/30/81 – A US Navy Douglas A-4 Skyhawk crashes during a bomb test.
This is a list of Destroyed in Seconds episodes for Season 1 and 2: Season 1 completed on March 23, 2009, and Season 2 in 2010. When the show starts again, it reviews what happened and then explains what started the incident. Usually, if a destruction is horrible, very dangerous, heart-stopping, or results in many injuries, the show usually goes into commercial either right at the moment of impact, right before it, or a little afterwards(for example, Jack Bland's brutal crash at Hagerstown in episode 8). The end credits usually review all the incidents that happened in the episode in order. At the end of each episode, Pitts ends off with a few words before the credits roll.
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The incidents featured in the whole series happened before or during 2009, as the show was cancelled in 2010. Unlike Shockwave and World's Most Amazing Videos, there are no interviewees to talk about what happened in that incident. This is likely because to give viewers an impression that the incident could have happened anywhere – across the globe or right down the street. In the later episodes of the show, the location is sometimes not stated. Racing competitions, industrial disasters), then the moment of the incident and what caused it. Pitts will then explain the background of the incident (e.g. At the beginning of each video shown, Pitts says the place, sometimes the time and date of the incident. The bonus clip usually involves car crashes or military disasters.
"Įach episode usually features eight or nine incidents, with a bonus incident at the end that is not part of the episode, but was lumped in by the crew for fun. A split second is all it takes for things to get destroyed in seconds. A military helicopter loses power and slices through the deck of a navy destroyer. In Italy, a Le Mans racer comes within inches of another car, as it cartwheels across the track. Our team leaves no stone unturned in our search for destruction. For example, episode 45's intro goes like this: "I'm Ron Pitts.
Each intro ends off with the phrase, "destroyed in seconds" before the show's main intro plays and the first incident in the episode. After the compilation, Pitts will describe two of the incidents that happen in the episode in one-liners. That was the case for the Wichita City Hall drive-thru, which was not featured in the intro of episode 49. Ever." On rare occasions, one incident will be left out of the opening compilation due to restricted space. And within seconds, nothing will ever be the same. Some of the events seen resulted in fatalities, and all of the events have property damage.Īt the beginning of each episode, a compilation of all the incidents featured in that episode will play (though not in order), with Pitts narrating, "Without so much as a warning, life hangs in the balance. Most videos have stock sound effects added. The show uses real video of real events, and commentary explaining the destruction portrayed. The nature of the show closely resembles Real TV. Hosted by Ron Pitts, it features video segments of various things being destroyed fairly quickly (hence, "in seconds") such as planes crashing, explosions, sinkholes, boats crashing, fires, race car incidents, floods, factories, etc. Destroyed in Seconds is a half-hour American television series that aired on Discovery Channel.