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On February 22, 2011, a devastating earthquake shook Christchurch, killing 185 people. One hundred and fifteen of those people were in the CTV building. The building should never have been built.
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Topi Emery and Marion Hilbers were among the 149 people in the CTV building when it collapsed. Their families kept vigil at the site for hours, hoping for a miracle.
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Rescuers tunnel into the rubble and find what was left of a school cafeteria with 22 students trapped – dead and alive.
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Senior Constable Stuart Martindale gets a tap on the shoulder and is handed a phone number. A trapped survivor is calling from underneath the rubble.
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The CTV building was born in the 1980s construction boom. It had profound design flaws that were flagged at the time. How did it even get built?
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The CTV story descends into controversy and farce: a fake engineer and New Zealand’s biggest homicide investigation.
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Police announce the results of their investigation. Will anyone be held accountable over 115 deaths?
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very interesting, well written and well told. every episode is interesting never gets slow even the technical side of the story is told in a way that is easy to follow.