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applegrove

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3. Manhattan Project studied the Halifax Explosion

Reply to Spazito (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 27, 2023, 05:25 PM

Dec 2023

when they were building the bomb. Doctors & nurses from Boston arrived to treat all the people who got glass in their eyes (people were drawn to the windows to watch the "fire" in the harbor when the windows blew out) and ended up advancing the science of eye surgery.

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Halifax Explosion survivors heard on tapes lost for decades [View all] Spazito Dec 2023 OP

Explosion rso Dec 2023 #1

I have no idea re the Beirut explosion... Spazito Dec 2023 #2

Manhattan Project studied the Halifax Explosion applegrove Dec 2023 #3

It is amazing how often tragedies result in positive advances... Spazito Dec 2023 #4