Top 5 World Tragedies

Daniel Claudio, Contributor

  1. The Holocaust– is one of the most horrible moments in history. Many innocent people died because of their religion or because of who they were as a person. Hitler was one of the reasons why this all happened and now survivors till this day remember that horrifying situation.

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2. World Trade Center– This was an unsuspecting thing that no on knew was going to happen. September 11 2001 4 airplanes were hijacked and 3 of them were able to hit their target except for 1 plane who crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, because brave men decided to take over the plane that has been hijacked.

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3.World War 2– This war was the most horrifying war! Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, which killed many Soldier’s that day. Later on the United States ended up doing the same by dropping 2 nukes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and made the Japanese surrender.

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4. The Black Plague– Was the most deadliest and contagious diseases back in the day. It started as a    yersinia pestis bacterium which fleas ended up passing it down to rats and when the rats died the fleas would jump on other mammals. Humans got the disease by human fleas or lice which ended up killing over 25 million people around Europe! Image result for black plague disease VIA- WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

5. The Sinking Of The Titanic- The RMS Titanic was one of the ships that had approximately 3,300 passengers on board that day. It crashed with an ice burg and it caused the Titanic to sink and end up killing 1,503 people and by the next day 300 bodies where found in the sea. Image result for titanic VIA – WIKIMEDIA COMMONS