The Sichuan School Disaster

30-year-old Eddie Justice hears bangs over the music. Like many others at Pulse Nightclub, he and his friends don’t understand where the sound is coming from. Maybe it's just part of the music. But then reality begins to sink in. That’s not music. Those are gunshots. Eddie and the other guests at Pulse have no idea they’re about to experience the worst terrorist attack in the US since 9/11.The hosts of this episode are Maya Nalani and Luke Welland. The script is written by Erika Ansén. Sound design: Viktor Persson. Mayday is produced by the podcast company qast.Charities and Non-Profits:OnePulse Foundationhttps://onepulsefoundation.org/Equality Floridahttps://www.eqfl.org/Pulse of Orlandohttps://pulseoforlando.org/GLBT Community Center of Central Florida (The Center)https://thecenterorlando.org/

All the animals have gone. There are no birds singing in the trees, no cats playing in the streets. When Vasyl returns home after a failed hunting trip, the family dog is nowhere to be seen. And there’s a strange smell coming from the kitchen. Only one of many nightmares people had to live through because of the Holodomor, the artificial famine in Ukraine.The hosts of this episode are Maya Nalani and Luke Welland. The script is written by Mattias Jonsson. Sound design: Viktor Persson. Mayday is produced by the podcast company qast.Charities and Non-Profits:Holodomor Awareness Committeehttps://ukrainegenocide.com/Holodomor Research and Education Consortiumhttps://holodomor.ca/Ukrainian World Congresshttps://www.ukrainianworldcongress.org/

Principal Ye Zhiping has to make it back. A massive earthquake has just hit his province Sichuan, and all he can think about is whether his students and teachers are okay. When he finally gets to the school, his coarse cheeks are stained with tears.The hosts of this episode are Maya Nalani and Luke Welland. The script is written by Mattias Jonsson. Sound design: Viktor Persson. Mayday is produced by the podcast company qast.Charities and Non-Profits:Earthquake Engineering Research Institutehttps://www.eeri.org/GlobalGivinghttps://www.globalgiving.org/Project Hopehttps://www.projecthope.org/

Anita doesn’t know how much time has passed. But she knows she has to get out. The building is collapsing around her, and people are stumbling over each other trying to find an escape. Just moments earlier, a van filled with explosives drove right into the AMIA center in Buenos Aires, where Anita works. She is in the middle of a terrorist attack that will shape her country for decades to come.The hosts of this episode are Maya Nalani and Luke Welland. The script is written by Rickard Bahgat. Sound design: Viktor Persson. Mayday is produced by the podcast company qast.Charities and Non-profits:AMIA:https://amia.org.ar/Justicia y Concordia:https://justiciayconcordia.org/CELS (Centro de Estudion Legales y Sociales):https://www.cels.org.ar/web/

The water is rising. What just seconds ago was the wall, is now a slippery floor submerged under ice cold ocean. Ae-Jin knows that she has to reach the door in the ceiling. That there is no other way of getting out alive.The hosts of this episode are Maya Nalani and Luke Welland. The script is written by Johanna Lundblad. Sound design: Viktor Persson. Mayday is produced by the podcast company qast.Charities and Non-Profits:The Nautical Institute:https://www.nautinst.org/Sewol Ferry 416 Foundation:https://416foundation.org/en/?ckattempt=2

Oscar Flores can feel the floor starting to shake. Soon, the ceiling is falling down in large chunks, and the walls are folding like paper. He doesn't know that what he's experiencing is one of the worst earthquakes in recent memory. An earthquake that is about to devastate an entire city.The hosts of this episode are Maya Nalani and Luke Welland. The script is written by Maia Hörstadius and Alex Haeger. Sound design: Viktor Persson. Mayday is produced by the podcast company qast.Charities and Non-profits:Earthquake Engineering Research Institute:https://www.eeri.org/Build Change:https://buildchange.org/International Code Council:https://www.iccsafe.org/Fundación UNAMhttps://www.fundacionunam.org.mx/

In this episode, we will tell you about the Alexander Kielland disaster of 1980, one of the worst oil rig accidents in history.The hosts of this episode are Maya Nalani and Luke Welland. The script was written by Per Johansson. Sound design: Viktor Persson. Mayday is produced by the podcast company qast.Charities and Non-Profits:The Nautical Institute:https://www.nautinst.org/International Maritime Health Association:https://www.imha.net/International Maritime Organization:https://www.imo.org/

In this episode, we tell the story of the worst nuclear accident in the United States. A story about a partial meltdown that threatened the lives of hundreds of people. And about how the plants’ owners tried to cover it all up.The hosts for this episode are Maya Nalani and Luke Welland. The script was written by Johanna Lundblad. Sound design: Viktor Persson. Mayday is produced by the podcast company qast.Charities and Non-Profits:Union of Concerned Scientists:https://www.ucsusa.org/Physicians for Social Responsibility:https://psr.org/Friends of the Earth:https://foe.org/

Barney McGuigan hears a man pleading for help. The others try to stop him, but to no avail. Barney goes out to the injured man with a white cloth in his hand. "Don't shoot me," he shouts. What happens next, will never be forgotten.Your hosts in this episode are Maya Nalani and Luke Welland. The script is written by Per Johansson. Sound design: Viktor Persson. Mayday is produced by the podcast company qast.Charities/Non-profits:Pat Finucane Centre:https://www.patfinucanecentre.org/WAVE Trauma Centre:https://wavetraumacentre.org.uk/

When Juliane wakes up, everything is quiet. The ground beneath her is wet and muddy, and above her, palm leaves shield her from the sun. Juliane has just woken up in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. She has no idea how long she’s been lying there, unconscious and alone. She calls out for her mother- for someone, anyone. But there is no answer. Juliane is stranded in the biggest jungle on earth. The hosts in this episode are Maya Nalani and Mattias Luke Welland. The script is written by Johanna Lundblad. Sound design: Viktor Persson. Mayday is produced by the podcast company qast.Charities and Non-profits:National Air Disaster Alliance:https://planesafe.org/Vivir el Duelohttps://www.fundacionvivirelduelo.com/