disasters

‘My brother died in Lockerbie – our story changed how air disasters are handled’

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Helen Bushby Culture reporter Getty Images Kara Weipz learned from a news report her brother had died in the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing Richard Monetti was aged just 20 when he was flying home to New York from London for the Christmas holidays, after studying abroad as one of 35 students from Syracuse University. But … Read more

Bruce Vilanch has written ‘some of the biggest disasters’ on TV. He’s embracing his legacy

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On the Shelf It Seemed Like a Bad Idea at the Time By Bruce VilanchChicago Review Press: 256 pages, $29If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.orgwhose fees support independent bookstores. Remember that Snow White-Rob Lowe debacle at the 1989 Oscars? How about the galactically bizarre 1978 … Read more