# Tragedies that were overshadowed by other tragedies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tragedies-that-were-overshadowed-by-other-tragedies/656282 "2013-04-21T03:02:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Scholar\_Beardpig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Scholar\_Beardpig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scholar_Beardpig)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tragedies-that-were-overshadowed-by-other-tragedies/656282/41 "2013-04-23T05:39:10Z")
Well, just a few days ago, there was an earthquake in Sichuan province, China that killed 180+ people, but most news sources haven’t really picked it up and probably aren’t going to… ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tragedies-that-were-overshadowed-by-other-tragedies/656282/42 "2013-04-23T06:34:08Z")
**Eyebrows** -Thought of that too! IIRC a 9/11 survivor died in that crash. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tragedies-that-were-overshadowed-by-other-tragedies/656282/43 "2013-04-23T07:10:59Z")
January 17, 1995: [The Great Hanshin Earthquake](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hanshin_earthquake) (M7.2 and 6,500 killed) March 20, 1995: [Subway Sarin Gas Attack](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarin_gas_attack_on_the_Tokyo_subway) (13 killed) Not exactly an overshadow as the quake had extensive media coverage for two months. However, all media and government assistance shifted to the subway attacks in Tokyo. There was a lot of resentment from citizens of the Hanshin area. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tragedies-that-were-overshadowed-by-other-tragedies/656282/44 "2013-04-23T07:37:31Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Funnily enough, this in of itself is another example, at least when considering a certain subsection of the populace, because of the person who is NOT mentioned. 🙂 :smack: You’re right of course! Mea culpa. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tragedies-that-were-overshadowed-by-other-tragedies/656282/45 "2013-04-23T08:22:23Z")
Ansett, Australia’s second biggest airline chose to declare bankruptcy on September 11th, 2001 and people barely noticed until way after that it even happened. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tragedies-that-were-overshadowed-by-other-tragedies/656282/46 "2013-04-23T11:19:10Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > What I came in to mention. I go to Padre Island about once a year, and every time I drive over the new part of the bridge, I think of the cars rusting in the ocean below, their drivers nothing but skeletons in the front seat. _shudder_ If it makes you feel better, when I was reading about that tragedy just now I found a website that confirms all the bodies were eventually recovered: [http://www.spionline.com/bridgedown/history.html](http://www.spionline.com/bridgedown/history.html) It was a bit eerie to run across the website one of the victims had made for his tattoo business. Kind of surprised it would still be online after over 10 years. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tragedies-that-were-overshadowed-by-other-tragedies/656282/47 "2013-04-23T14:11:14Z")
The New Zealand earthquake in [February 2011](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Christchurch_earthquake) killed 185 people and flattened large parts of Christchurch, including its historic cathedral. Then less than three weeks later it got totally overshadowed by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tragedies-that-were-overshadowed-by-other-tragedies/656282/48 "2013-04-23T17:25:36Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > What I came in to mention. I go to Padre Island about once a year, and every time I drive over the new part of the bridge, I think of the cars rusting in the ocean below, their drivers nothing but skeletons in the front seat. _shudder_ They didn’t recover the bodies? Umm, never mind… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tragedies-that-were-overshadowed-by-other-tragedies/656282/49 "2013-04-24T21:42:35Z")
Groucho Marx’s death should have been a big media deal, but everyone was still reeling over Elvis Presley’s passing three days earlier. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tragedies-that-were-overshadowed-by-other-tragedies/656282.md?page=2)