Episode 271: The Sampoong department store collapse

It might have felt like just a bad day at work - cracks in the walls, the merchandise shaking on the shelves, the air conditioning needing to be turned off. But the Sampoong department store wasn't just falling apart metaphorically. It was quite literally taking all day to fail.

Videos:

• Seconds From Disaster: Superstore Collapse
• Blueprint for Disaster: Sampoong Collapse

Articles and books:

• Collapse: When Buildings Fall Down by Phillip Wearne
• 30th Anniversary Memorial for Sampoong Department Store Disaster: "Longing Deepens with Time"
• The Sampoong Department Store Memorial page on FindAGrave