| Superstore Collapse | |
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 Superstore Collapse | |
| Vital statistics | |
| Series | Seconds from Disaster |
| Title | Superstore Collapse |
| Airdate | September 20, 2006 |
| Disaster | Sampoong Department Store Collapse |
| Date | June 29, 1995 |
| Kind | Collapse |
| Nature | Design Failure, Bribery |
| Fatalities | 501 |
Superstore Collapse is the 37th episode of Seconds from Disaster and tries to understand how was that such a big store got destroyed.
Plot[]
Despite illegal operations and suspicion that the building was not safe, owners of the five-story Sampoong Department Store in Seoul, South Korea kept it open to customers. That afternoon, the entire store collapses, killing 501 people. The last survivor is found after 16 days.