Episode 213: The Amagasaki train derailment

<div class="stackable mb-xs"> </div> <div class="sc-fIEHcE gzJQEb sc-qOoqx lemHhw" data-tag= "post-content"> <p>Every day we head off to work or school or wherever else we might be headed with the hope we will arrive there safely. But while we might feel like we can depend on ourselves to keep safe, sometimes our lives are in the hands of pilots, drivers, or engineers who are under extraordinary pressures we have no clue about until it's too late.</p> <p>Videos:</p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzZZTA1pAvs&t=1216s" target= "_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Seconds From Disaster: Runaway Train (S 6, Ep 5)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA5aYdWGAG4" target= "_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Trapped Underground for Hours After Horrific Train Crash (S 1 Ep 3)</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.kowabana.net/2021/04/02/toshiden-podcast-s3-episode-03/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Fukuchiyama Derailment Mystery (Toshiden podcast, Tara A. Devlin)</a></li> </ul> <p>Articles and books:</p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/04/07a3eb78deb9-families-survivors-mark-14th-anniv-of-fatal-jr-west-derailment.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Families, Survivors Mark 14th Anniversary of Fatal JR West Derailment </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/apr/25/japan" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">54 Killed in Japan Train Crash</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/japan-train-derailment/" target= "_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Japan Train Derailment</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.9news.com/article/news/two-survivors-pulled-from-train-crash-in-japan-death-toll-at-76/73-344750329" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Two Survivors Pulled From Train Crash in Japan; Death Toll at 76</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/second-train-derailment-in-japan/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Second Train Derailment in Japan</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2005/