#21 Dutch Boys, Recently Liberated From A German Labor Camp, Ride A 'Freedom Train' Home, May 5th 1945. Photo By Menno Huizinga
Anatoly Rasskazov, another of the five photographers, had a different fate. He took photos of the reactor the morning after the disaster, when the officials sent him to take photos to see the scope of it. He took photos from a helicopter above the reactor and then from a car on the ground.
When he tried to develop the film, all of it from the first camera was burned by radiation. The film from the second camera was slightly blurry, but still visible. Because of the exposure to radiation, Rasskazov was left with a permanent radiation burn on his forehead and had "blood diseases and cancer," from which he passed away in 2010.
#22 John Candy Took This Picture Of Conan O’brien While Conan Was His Tour Guide At Harvard University In 1984
#23 In 1990, The Windshield Of British Airways Flight 5390 Came Off At An Altitude Of 17,000 Feet. This Triggered A Sudden Decompression In The Cockpit, Resulting In The Captain Being Partially Ejected Out Of The Aircraft
#24 A Photograph Of A Fire Truck Rushing To The Scene Of 9/11. All Six Of The Firemen In Ladder 118 Lost Their Lives Saving People In The World Trade Center
Today, Times Square in New York is the epitome of entertainment and consumerism. But in the '50s, as evident from the photograph in this list, it emanated a vintage coolness many of us are so nostalgic for. In the '50s, the landmark wasn't as dangerous and seedy as it became from the 1960s until the 1990s. But disreputable businesses still reared their ugly heads at high speed.
#25 Average American Family In Detroit, Michigan, 1954. A House, Car, And Enough To Support A Family, All On A Ford Factory Worker's Wages!
#26 A Father Looking For His Two Missing Sons That Went Missing During The War, Mitrovica, Kosovo, 1999
Schoolgirls might have protested the slacks ban back in the 1940s, but similar policies persist in schools to this day. For example, in 2018, a North Carolina charter school forbade girls from wearing pants and shorts to "promote chivalry and respect." In 2019, a judge found that ban unconstitutional, but the school pushed back and lost in court again in 2023.
#28 On August 8, 1982, The Red Sox Were Playing. Jim Rice Saw 4 Year Old Jonathan Keane Bleeding Profusely From His Head
#29 Kmart Employees In North Carolina Watching The Moon Landing (July 16, 1969)
#30 In 1962, Test Pilot George Aird Narrowly Survived When His English Electric Lightning F1 Suddenly Nosedived
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#31 Anne Frank’s Father Otto, Revists The Attic Where He And His Family Hid
#33 A Geisha After Washing Her Hair, Before Styling It, In Japan In 1905
#34 Shoichi Yokoi, The Japanese Soldier Who Hid In The Jungle In Guam For 27 Years To Avoid Capture, Weeps Upon His Return To Japan In February 1972
#35 Australian Soldiers Being Thrown Into The Air By The Shockwave Of An Explosive Device That Their Boat Crashed Into. Everyone Survived. 1942
#38 Marcy Borders - "Dust Lady" After Escaping The North Tower Of The World Trade Center On 9/11. She Would Die Of Cancer At Age 42
#39 This Is The First Image Captured Of Chernobyl, Taken 14 Hours After The Explosion On April 26, 1986
#40 Onlookers Witnessing The Challenger Explosion Shortly After The Space Shuttle Took Off, January 28th, 1986
