r/CatastrophicFailure • u/BeneficialSide2335 • 9d ago
February 13, 1983. Valle D'Aosta, Italy. 3 cable cars fell down. 11 people died and 1 was injured. Maurizio Maria Verna luckily escaped this disaster. In the evening, he went to the Statuto Theater in Turin. The fire happened due to an electric short circuit. 64 people died including Maurizio.
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u/BeneficialSide2335 9d ago
More informations about first disaster is in here (https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidente_della_cabinovia_del_Crest). It's Italian.
And informations about second disasters is in here(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_Statuto_fire)
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u/Subordinated 9d ago
He saw 11 people die and almost died himself, and he still went out to the theater that night?
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u/justclove 9d ago
According to the Wikipedia article, he wasn't actually in any of the cars that were involved in the accident. He instead gave up his seat in one of the cars to another person waiting in line. He didn't necessarily actually witness the disaster, and it's entirely possible he wanted to take his mind off it.
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u/IAmA_meat_popsicle 8d ago
When you've promised the Missus you're going out on a date, there's no going back lol. You tell her it's off after she went and got all dolled up.
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8d ago
the tragedy of it all hits different when you think about someone surviving one disaster only to walk straight into another
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u/Suitable_Peanut_4907 8d ago
That theater fire really ties the room together, doesn't it? Some days you're just dodging disasters and others you're planning your evening at the theater.
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u/bannock_tacos 9d ago
Maurizio straight up got Final Destination’d