"Everyone knows the Vajont Dam story ends in disaster. But here's the part people get wrong: the dam didn't fail. The mountain did.
This video breaks down what actually happened in 1963, why the engineering held, and how a 'working' dam still ended up killing almost 2,000 people."
On August 14, 2018, a ~200m section of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa collapsed during a storm, killing 43 people. The cause traced back to corrosion in one of the bridge's cable stays — worsened by a design that concealed the cables in concrete, making the corrosion invisible until it was too late.
Three weeks ago (July 16, 2026), an Italian court finally delivered its verdict after an 8-year investigation and 4-year trial: 32 people convicted, including former Autostrade per l'Italia CEO Giovanni Castellucci, sentenced to 12 years.
I made a video covering how the collapse happened, why it was preventable, and what accountability has (and hasn't) looked like since.
Check out full video: https://youtu.be/KC1HR48TeZM?si=Bc1mvpX3b9mRrlUH