Ten Details That Make History's Worst Tragedies Even Worse-- Part 1

From the January 25, 2017, ListVerse by Mark Oliver.  I just list the event.  There are more details and pictures at the site.

10.  Tiananmen Massacre--  Anywhere between 300 and 2,700 gunned down.  Reports have it that the Chinese government billed the families of those killed for the cost of bullets used to kill them, 27 cents apiece.

9.  My Lai Massacre, Vietnam War.  Over 350 Vietnamese civilians gunned down by American troops.  Nixon pardoned the man responsible.

8.  Pompeii and Herculeum--  Volcanic lava got so hot that people's heads exploded.

7.  9/11:  Fallout led to more cancer and car crashes.  Twin Towers built with 400 tons of asbestos and it spread out.  Around 1,400 first responders have died.  Plus, there was a marked increase in car accident deaths afterwards as people were afraid to fly.

6.  Irish Potato Famine--  Queen Victoria forbade people from donating too much to their relief.

--Cooter

SS Tuscania-- Part 4: A Mount St. Helens Connection

One of the military men on the Tuscania was Harry Randall Truman who died in the 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens in Washington State.  He was a member of the 100th Aero squadron.  He survived the sinking and because of his audacious and independent nature, received several injuries while serving in Europe.

Despite warnings of the impending eruption of the volcano, Truman refused to go to safety and remained at his Mount. St. Helens Lodge on Spirit Lake and died in the eruption.

Reading the account of him in Wikipedia he was quite a character.

--Cooter