Destroyed In Seconds — Season 1, Episode 51: Episode 51
Documentary, Reality • 22 min • 2 seasons, 76 episodes • ★ 7.3/10
Episode synopsis
Buenos Aires, Argentina – A gas station explodes in massive fireballs. Ennis, MT – Police are in hot pursuit of killer George Harold Davis. Davis attempts to stall the police by braking in front of the police car and delivering gunshots while the car stops. Atco Dragway, NJ – Robbie Knievel jumps, lands hard and is launched from the motorcycle. Emmeloord, Netherlands – Jan Van Der Marel and his daughter's rally car wipes out and crashes into a ditch. Both are uninjured. San Francisco, CA – A warehouse catches fire and firemen come to put it out. Reno, NV – Dick Sugden's drag boat smashes into the shore at 160 mph. He jumps from the boat into the water at the last second. Vigo, Spain – A German helicopter performs maneuvers for the audience, but while they swoop down for a trick, they miscalculate their altitude and smash into the sea. Red Deer, Alberta, Canada – Two motorcycle riders attempt to perform simultaneous wheelies. Perak, Malaysia – The 1993 Pantai Remis landslide.
About Destroyed In Seconds
Destroyed in Seconds is a half-hour American television series that airs on Discovery Channel. Hosted by Ron Pitts, it features video segments of various things being destroyed fairly quickly such as planes crashing, explosions, sinkholes, boats crashing, fires, race car incidents, floods, etc. The nature of the show closely resembles Real TV. The show uses real video of real events, and commentary explaining the destruction portrayed. Most videos have stock sound effects added. Some of the events seen resulted in fatalities, and all of the events have property damage. It is currently on hiatus.