20 Eerie Photos Taken Just Before Tragedy Hit

1. Photographer Robert Landsberg Captured The Wall Of Ash That Would Kill Him When Mt. St. Helen’s erupted. He Managed To Protect The Film With His Body

last-photos-before-disasterRobert Landsburg

2. The Crew Of Space Shuttle Challenger On Their Way To Board. Challenger Broke Apart 73 Seconds Into Its Flight, Killing All Seven Crew Members

last-photos-before-disasterNASA

3. Mayinga N’Seka, A Nurse, Is Depicted Here During An Ebola Outbreak In 1976. Her Dedication Meant That She Eventually Contracted The Disease Herself And Passed Away Not Long After

last-photos-before-disasterCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

4. The Omagh Bombing. The Red Car In This Photograph Contained A Bomb That Killed 29 People And Injured Some 220 Others. The Man And Child Both Survived, The Photographer Didn’t

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5. 14-Year-Old Keith Sapsford Hid In The Wheel Of A Flight Leaving Sydney Towards Japan. John Gilpin, An Amateur Photographer, Was Testing His New Camera Lens And Unwittingly Caught Keith Sapsford’s 200ft Plunge To Death

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6. William “Dave” Sanders Guiding More Than 100 Students Out Of The Cafeteria During Columbine High School Massacre, He Was Later Shot Twice In The Chest And Didn’t Survive

last-photos-before-disasterColumbine High School

7. The last Image Of Uruguayan Flight 571, Before It Crashed In The Andes On 13-10-1972. 27 Out Of 45 People Survived The Initial Crash. Survivors Were Eventually Forced To Cannibalize The Dead To Stay Alive. 16 People Were Rescued 72 Days Later

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8. Dave Hally Took One Last Photo Of His Wife And 4-Year-Old Daughter Before Takeoff For Their Dream Vacation Aboard Mh17, Shortly Before It Was Shot Down Over Ukraine By Russia-Led Forces, Killing Everybody On Board

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Dave Hally

9. A Dash Cam Captures The Moments Before Transasia’s Flight 235 Crashed In The Keelung River In Taiwan. The Plane Carried 58 People – Only 15 Survived

last-photos-before-disasterCNN

10. Gilles Leclerc And Marianne Labanane Took A Selfie At The Bataclan Theatre As They Waited To See The Eagles Of Death Metal Perform. Moments Later, 4 Gunmen Stormed In And Started Shooting. Gilles Was Killed In The Attack, But Marianne Survived

last-photos-before-disasterMon frère Gilles Leclerc