Why Buildings CollapseSeason 1, Episode 2

This two-part documentary series uses an eye-witness testimony, tense bodycam footage from first responders, news archive and 3D CGI animations to piece together the definitive, moment-by-moment account of Miami's Champlain Tower South apartment collapse. It recounts the complex rescue and recovery operation, revealing astonishing against-all-odds stories of survival - and how rescuers excavated beneath the ruins of the devastated building in the desperate hunt for victims. It also looks to the future to ask what lessons we might learn from this disaster, and what solutions we might adopt in future buildings to prevent a tragedy like Champlain Towers South from happening again.

Why Buildings Collapse was broadcast on SBS ONE at Sunday 14 April 2024, 18:30. This episode was initially placed on Wednesday 29 June 2022.