The Terrifying Nuclear Disaster You've Never Heard Of

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  • Опубликовано: 26 окт 2024

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  • @Thoughty2
    @Thoughty2  4 дня назад +59

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    • @Digitalhunny
      @Digitalhunny 4 дня назад +5

      Sincerely, I think that you should start planning something absolutely spectacular for the day that YOU the host of Thoughty2 turns 42 irl. I know, it's still a few years away. Sure, you do have sometime to think about it. Perhaps a massive collab of internet people should send you in their most favourite puns & 'dad jokes'? You know, just to make you really know that you are special. This could be amazingly silly & fun for all involved. That particular day, is gonna go down in history, right? 😂😂😂😂❤
      **And, THIS is why I should probably drink from time to time, even if it's _just_ a wee little bit! 😭💀

    • @robert9ish
      @robert9ish 4 дня назад +5

      You DON'T pronounce the 'c' in scintillometer.

    • @dirtyenergywar7029
      @dirtyenergywar7029 4 дня назад +3

      That wink at the end does NOT work with a story like this!

    • @michaelcaywood6070
      @michaelcaywood6070 4 дня назад +1

      You looked great clean shaven.

    • @lush586
      @lush586 4 дня назад

      @@Digitalhunny

  • @eonushotta115
    @eonushotta115 4 дня назад +1106

    In a world of AI narrators , it sure is good to have this guy around

    • @nick14935
      @nick14935 4 дня назад +87

      sad he uses ai thumbnails. still very well researched, animated, edited, and narrated videos

    • @ItsKnotBread
      @ItsKnotBread 4 дня назад +41

      the ai thumbnails gotta have something to do with boosting the algorithm... same with changing the video names after release! that one drives me nuts because I can't remember if I've seen it or not, red line underneath isn't always there for me and my memory suuuuuucks lol

    • @supertc1111
      @supertc1111 4 дня назад +12

      @@ItsKnotBreadi think that’s the point

    • @subhrangsu
      @subhrangsu 4 дня назад +10

      He is an AI. Just looks different.

    • @woundedsanity
      @woundedsanity 4 дня назад +2

      @@ItsKnotBread oh yeah, i know that feeling, a bit like déjà vu ...

  • @onesmileybaldy8303
    @onesmileybaldy8303 4 дня назад +479

    I’m from Goiânia. When I was in highschool my chemistry teacher said something that marked me about this case. The body of the poor girl Leide Das Neves is probably well preserved till this day in her sarcophagus,that is because she had so much,SO MUCH Cesium-137 on and in her body that most of it simply can’t be decomposed by microorganisms because they can’t survive the environment. It’s pretty sad that even after her death her body still suffers the consequences of what happened to her…

    • @duudsuufd
      @duudsuufd 4 дня назад +36

      But the constant radiation will break down every molecule. She will become radio-active dust I think.

    • @bensoncheung2801
      @bensoncheung2801 4 дня назад +28

      Could the original owner of that clinic have prevented this disaster if he had done what Wagner and Roberto had done, snuck into the clinic at night, and taken back that device with knowledge on what it was?
      I mean, I hear that it’s better to act first and ask for forgiveness later than to ask for permission in certain instances…

    • @roxannlegg750
      @roxannlegg750 4 дня назад +1

      WHOA - thats incredible!

    • @LoganE01
      @LoganE01 4 дня назад +6

      Isn't there certain fruits and drinks that help fight radiation?

    • @justinbennett9998
      @justinbennett9998 4 дня назад +11

      ​@@LoganE01iodine

  • @gustavodoo
    @gustavodoo 4 дня назад +358

    I live in Goiânia today and lived here during the events mentioned. There is speculation that the entire city was affected as the cesium spread throughout. At the time, my whole family traveled to São Paulo, where people avoided us in the streets as if we were radioactive. The story of what happened is scattered across the city, in memorials and radioactive landfills, but aside from the aid provided to the victims who still suffer from the effects of radiation, very little is spoken about it.

    • @silentgolden8507
      @silentgolden8507 4 дня назад +11

      Stupid doomed to repeat the same mistake......

    • @dynhoyw
      @dynhoyw 4 дня назад +3

      @@silentgolden8507 what?

    • @silentgolden8507
      @silentgolden8507 4 дня назад +13

      @@dynhoyw "very little is spoken about it" very foolish

    • @onesmileybaldy8303
      @onesmileybaldy8303 4 дня назад

      ⁠@@silentgolden8507I’m from goiania too,and it really is doomed to happen again if everything align. So many uneducated people don’t know about this accident that actually killed people,even worse,a lot of people don’t know what even is radiation. You’d expect the government to double down on education to make sure this never happens again,but nope…

    • @onesmileybaldy8303
      @onesmileybaldy8303 4 дня назад +31

      @@silentgolden8507​​⁠​⁠​⁠I’m from goiania too,and it really is doomed to happen again if everything align. So many people don’t know about this accident that actually took lives,even worse,a lot of people don’t know what radiation even is. You’d expect the government to double down on education to make sure this never happens again,but nope…

  • @elcaoliveira
    @elcaoliveira 4 дня назад +129

    Hi. I'm Brazilian, born and raised near São Paulo. I was 12 when this happened and I still have vivid memories of the news and the series of special lessons and new procedures at school, even so far away from Goiânia. Congratulations on the research and the (mostly) accurate Portuguese. Also, thanks for talking about it and being as amazingly factual and sensitive as always. It's important to remember the past.

    • @herrweiss2580
      @herrweiss2580 4 дня назад +11

      I congratulate Arran for his swell job pronouncing the names of the protagonists.

    • @samn6498
      @samn6498 4 дня назад +1

      Your English is amazing.

    • @drac2you816
      @drac2you816 3 дня назад +1

      Thoughty2 rules in these vids!

    • @e-ben616
      @e-ben616 3 дня назад +1

      ​@@drac2you816 I hope he never changes.

  • @thurxa2
    @thurxa2 4 дня назад +76

    My mother is a survivor. She lived in one of the areas evacuated. Not far from the house where it was considered the epicentre. She was tested in that football stadium and had all her belongings taken away and tested for radioactivity. The fact that I'm here should show that everything turned put fine for my mother. I'm glad that it is taken serious in this video.

  • @jeffreydeeds9225
    @jeffreydeeds9225 3 дня назад +27

    Thanks. I am from Brazil and remember when this happened. It was such a sad event, and it enraged the public as to how this kind of dangerous material could have been left vulnerable like it was. You are right that the majority of people affected were poor and many had little or no education. I appreciate you addressing the aftermath of those tragically displaced, despised and left to fend for themselves, as this is often left out of accounts of this horrible event. Thousands sufferedseverely, even if not directly exposed to radiation. Truly one of the worst nuclear disaster in history. Here's hoping there is never another one.
    Great job on the video. The subtle sound effects were a nice touch. Cheers!

  • @Armi1P
    @Armi1P 4 дня назад +231

    Imagine you call the fire department to dispose of some highly dangerous material and they tell you they'll gonna dump it in a river. So professional.

    • @scythelord
      @scythelord 4 дня назад +16

      Fire department doesn't dispose of anything so why would you expect them to do anything different?

    • @uscbro69
      @uscbro69 4 дня назад +55

      @@scythelord common sense. Doesn’t require special knowledge to know that dangerous material doesn’t belong in a river that services the whole city

    • @chezsnailez
      @chezsnailez 4 дня назад

      @@uscbro69 ~ the 30 ft piranha wouldn'tve minded

    • @JamesWoodring-mu2iz
      @JamesWoodring-mu2iz 4 дня назад +3

      @@scythelord they were planning on doing it!

    • @pbkeyi
      @pbkeyi 4 дня назад +8

      I mean this is a fire department, their job is literally to combat fire and water is their main weapon. And river has plenty of water, so if it's good for the fire, then it's good for everything else.

  • @ubergeek1968
    @ubergeek1968 4 дня назад +244

    The thought of the pain suffered by that precious child made me cry. I remember this story in the international news... I was 17 at the time.

    • @awf718
      @awf718 4 дня назад +10

      For real, absolutely heartbreaking

    • @Debbie-henri
      @Debbie-henri 4 дня назад +8

      I was cringing when Aaron talked of the little girl spreading the dust over her face, and her aunt and employee carrying the radioactive metal 'in bags.'
      This is a heartbreaking story.

    • @renee3971
      @renee3971 4 дня назад +5

      Poor girl, this made me so sad :(

    • @keithking1985
      @keithking1985 4 дня назад +1

      She's with God now and will Never suffer again. 🙏

    • @MatroxMillennium
      @MatroxMillennium 4 дня назад +3

      I cried, too... Absolutely tragic

  • @benmcclarnon9174
    @benmcclarnon9174 4 дня назад +142

    that 6 year old girl jesus christ i dont even want to imagine how painful her last few weeks were it breaks my heart

    • @TheGlssr60
      @TheGlssr60 4 дня назад +5

      They knew they couldn't save her. So why make her suffer?

    • @Cybersawz
      @Cybersawz 4 дня назад +13

      RN here- Towards the end, I'm sure she was given large doses of pain medication with sedation. But still, it is such an awful way to go for a child or anyone.

    • @CesarinPillinGaming
      @CesarinPillinGaming 4 дня назад +5

      @@Cybersawz if Chernobyl was a good source of information. She might have not even the chance to get sedation. Like when your veins are to thin or fragile to even inject anything.

    • @Cybersawz
      @Cybersawz 4 дня назад +2

      @@CesarinPillinGaming They could start a central line (a major vein like the subclavian) or if all else fails, inject pain medication into muscle.

    • @Stephan1988
      @Stephan1988 4 дня назад +6

      There should be a law when someone is radioactive beyond a certain point then they shouldn’t be allowed to suffer any longer. There is no comeback from extreme radiation. Why let the poor girl suffer. So sad.

  • @chethakasenarath5616
    @chethakasenarath5616 4 дня назад +342

    These kinds of videos really show how important it is to be educated about things such as nuclear substances that we may never think that we will come across in day to day life.

    • @MarcelNL
      @MarcelNL 4 дня назад +8

      Mr. Data would approve.

    • @ItsKnotBread
      @ItsKnotBread 4 дня назад

      lol, or, if something doesn't seem right, it probably isn't... I'm sure we'll find out about dozens of things we've used or been around our whole lives, look at lead paint and pipes, and even frozen foods that cause the big C, all the radio and phone waves in the air too lol, just gotta keep up the research - funded by people who won't benefit!!!

    • @CesarinPillinGaming
      @CesarinPillinGaming 4 дня назад +9

      And basic education in general things. Not just radiation or nuclear substances.

    • @shh96-rh3qz
      @shh96-rh3qz 3 дня назад +7

      Also a reminder of what kind of hellish reality we are born into

    • @treadwell1917
      @treadwell1917 3 дня назад

      😂 yeah thank God I have this info for the nye impossibility of coming across nuclear materials in my life

  • @JoeBeaudette
    @JoeBeaudette 3 дня назад +14

    Wow. You nailed the tone in this video. I didn’t know about this incident and you transported me there.
    I shed a tear for the little girl. I have a 3yo boy and the thought of bringing home something for him that would end up being his demise AND that of my wife… that caesium would have filled that little girl’s heart with wonder perhaps more than anything she had ever seen before. She literally rubbed it all over herself because it made her believe she was a fairy. The most brilliant moment in her tiny life… ending up being the moment that would seal her fate… I can’t even…
    The father must have been completely crushed. He found something magical and it destroyed his family. I don’t know how I’d live with myself.
    Moreover the owner of that device should probably have been held liable. Sure they tried to get rid of it 4 months earlier but not before it sat there for a decade. Unbelievable.
    What a story. Thanks for sharing Arran.

  • @pineapplepenumbra
    @pineapplepenumbra 3 дня назад +22

    The owners of the old site, who prevented the doctor from removing the machine should be sued, and be liable for the majority of the damage done and lives lost or impacted.

  • @presmasterflash7555
    @presmasterflash7555 4 дня назад +67

    Truly, Maria died a hero. How many lives did her self sacrifice save? One can only wonder. May she rest in peace with her little niece.

  • @andreborges2881
    @andreborges2881 2 дня назад +8

    In Brazil this caused a paradigm shift away from nuclear energy and towards absolute legal liability of enterprises or facilities whose materials represent danger toward society i.e. it won’t matter if they’re not directly involved in an accident for them to be liable for indemnity for the affected.

  • @DJ_Sycottic
    @DJ_Sycottic 4 дня назад +49

    The thought of what would have happened if the bag of scrap metal hadn't been taken to the government department of health the outcome would have been far far worse.

    • @shigeminotoge4514
      @shigeminotoge4514 4 дня назад +6

      That woman is an absolute hero who saved an entire city of people and beyond. A shame she paid for it with her life.

    • @bensoncheung2801
      @bensoncheung2801 День назад

      42nd 👍

  • @Peregringlk
    @Peregringlk 4 дня назад +73

    I think this is your f*king best video. I didn't know this really happened, and I was like watching avengers endgame kind of focus watching this. If they did a netflix show about the chernobil accident, this event deserves its own show as well, because what happened is incredible and people need to know. The aftermatch event of companies going bankrupt and public transport refusing to go there shows you how deep and long a chain of events can go.

    • @ajkaajka2512
      @ajkaajka2512 4 дня назад +13

      yes, I agree, this should be done as a film/short series, to warn and educate...

    • @TheFenfur
      @TheFenfur 3 дня назад +4

      1000% - people wouldn't recognise something so dangerous, so orphan sources need to be discussed in media

  • @leonardoarantes2218
    @leonardoarantes2218 4 дня назад +36

    As a Brazilian, I knew what it was about before clicking...

    • @josekentucky86
      @josekentucky86 4 дня назад +2

      As a Canadian so did I... retention of knowledge !!

  • @doombloomers9609
    @doombloomers9609 4 дня назад +20

    Geezus, that's one of the most horrific stories I've ever heard. Scary to think how much worse it could have been too.

  • @victorboechat5370
    @victorboechat5370 День назад +4

    I'm brazilian, but currently living in Canada. I'm from Espírito Santo, a nearby state. I remember when it happened. Most of the countryside population had never heard about radiation before. I felt horrible for the families at the time, specially because of their "naiveness". 😢

  • @Thromash
    @Thromash 4 дня назад +37

    Thanks for your hard work & effort mate.
    And to the editors & animators too!

    • @AfkBxndit
      @AfkBxndit 3 дня назад +2

      pretty sure he pays people for the animation and editing all he does it voice over😔

  • @WaterShowsProd
    @WaterShowsProd 4 дня назад +16

    Truly terrifying. While having far less of a widespread impact, it brought to mind a situation that happened just outside of Bangkok about a dozen years ago. A couple of workmen from Cambodia discovered a large, metal object buried in the ground, and took it back to their workshop to take it apart and sell for a scrap. An older woman saw what they were doing and warned them not to tamper with it, but they didn't listen. She ran back to her house to get her sister to evacuate the area, and warned others nearby. The metal object was an unexploded bomb from World War II. It exploded, killing six people.

    • @ursobr1961
      @ursobr1961 16 часов назад

      More likely either from the Vietnam War or from the Cambodian wars in the 1970s. Cambodia was heavily bombed by the U.S. during the Vietnam War because it was part of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the detour through Laos and Cambodia used by the Vietcong to supply their guerrillas in South Vietnam. Later Cambodia had two civil wars, the first one fought and won by the Khmer Rouge and the second one to depose it, led by Vietnamese forces. All left lots of UXO and landmines behind.

    • @WaterShowsProd
      @WaterShowsProd 13 часов назад

      @@ursobr1961 The U.S. didn't bomb Thailand during The 2nd Indochina War. This was a World War II bomb dropped by The Allies. Bangkok and other parts of Thailad were bombed by Allied Forces during World War II. When I first came here there was a still a public bomb shelter from that time, in Lumphini Park, preserved as a museum. The Ho Chi Minh Trail is not anywhere near Samut Prakan. The unexploded landmines and dropped bombs in Cambodia and Laos are still a terrible hazard. My friends at The Lao National Theatre tour the countryside doing shows for schoolchildren and local residents about not touching unexploded munitions. I was doing a show near the Cambodian border at an old Khmer temple that had been used as a makeshift refugee camp during the war in Cambodia. The area had been cleared of landmines just a few years before then, however, a few years after there was a story of someone in a nearby area who was injured by a landmine. Since the story I mentioned earlier there has been another unexploded World War II bomb uncovered in Bangkok, but fortunately this one was removed without incident.

    • @ursobr1961
      @ursobr1961 Час назад +1

      @@WaterShowsProd, my bad, I somehow skipped the "just outside of Bangkok" part and assumed that it had happened in Cambodia.

    • @WaterShowsProd
      @WaterShowsProd 59 минут назад

      @@ursobr1961 It's probably because I mentioned that they were workmen from Cambodia. Incidentally, in case you're interested, there's an author named John Burgess who worked at a Cambodian refugee camp in Thailand during the war. He has written both historical and historical fiction books about Cambodia. He told me how some of the refugees didn't trust The Red Cross, and set up a makeshift camp in the ruins of an old Khmer temple called Sdok Kok Thom on the Thai side of the border, that was run and protected by Cambodian mafia. They used to bring aid and supplies from the established camp in order to make sure they were doing OK.

  • @LimaFX
    @LimaFX 4 дня назад +19

    I had family on that bus my aunt was pregnant with my cousin thankfully she was born without any problems

  • @scottredmond5676
    @scottredmond5676 3 дня назад +6

    One of your best videos!
    As a father of a 6yr old girl I appreciate the way you handled the last part of the video. With respect and dignity, well done.

  • @Nikki_with_the_blikki
    @Nikki_with_the_blikki 4 дня назад +59

    _"The contents of this bag are killing my family!"_ OKAY GIRL THEN WHY TF DID YOU PUT THE BAG RIGHT NEXT TO MY FACE? 💀

    • @JamesWoodring-mu2iz
      @JamesWoodring-mu2iz 4 дня назад +7

      got his attention didnt it!

    • @Debbie-henri
      @Debbie-henri 4 дня назад +11

      Likely she didn't know where else to take it - and took it to the best person she thought would know what it was and how best to get rid of it.
      These days, it's easy to just keep looking and looking on the internet until you track down a very specific person or department that will deal with a problem.
      But we're talking about a time where all you have is a phone book at best, and that doesn't exactly tell you much.
      Education regarding radioactive substances was still quite limited, anywhere.
      When I was at school, the only people who had a decent level of science education - enough to earn students of radiation poisoning - were the ones in the top 3 classes. Everyone else below that played with prisms, displacement experiments and grew peas in jars. They didn't get into atomics, etc at all.

    • @PineappleOnPizza69
      @PineappleOnPizza69 4 дня назад

      @@busybillyb33 its not a murder. Their was no intent to unalive. manslaughter perhaps

    • @busybillyb33
      @busybillyb33 4 дня назад

      Maria: "This junk is delusional, I'll take it to the infirmary"

    • @homesteadgamer1257
      @homesteadgamer1257 3 дня назад +4

      I would say she did it to get her message across because no one else was putting the pieces together. Brief exposure if he never touched it would not do serious harm and would be healed.

  • @hellyeah_ellajane
    @hellyeah_ellajane 3 дня назад +7

    Leide had such a winning and contagious smile. Seeing her face makes her death all the more tragic.

  • @blondejon1
    @blondejon1 4 дня назад +72

    This genuinely brought a tear to my eyes. That poor little gorl 😥

    • @Alloyd876
      @Alloyd876 4 дня назад +11

      This isn't a new story but shows why nuclear materials used in equipment needs to be catalogued by the manufacturers

    • @shigeminotoge4514
      @shigeminotoge4514 4 дня назад +2

      @@Alloyd876 I'm sure it was well documented, and even so, I don't think that would have prevented the scavengers from taking it. I doubt they'd even have known what a radioactive symbol meant. It's not as thought the people who knew what it was didn't know it was there. They just weren't able to remove it.

    • @donquijote6030
      @donquijote6030 3 дня назад +1

      Well stated. That little girl is about my age. She suffered due to the ignorance and negligence of others. May God bless her as she stands next to him in Paradise.

  • @oddsavage
    @oddsavage 4 дня назад +14

    This whole vid I was like "oh no...OH no...OH NO! OH NO!!!" I saw that coming the whole time and just wanted to stop them or warn them or something. Like watching a train wreck in slow motion, before it collides with something.

    • @homesteadgamer1257
      @homesteadgamer1257 3 дня назад +2

      Exactly with the OH NOs. its just kept getting worse. The biggest OH NO was when he gave it to the little girl and she rubbed it on her face. Fallout needs to make a tribute to that little glowing fairy in their next game.

  • @ShaneStephens-k6n
    @ShaneStephens-k6n 4 дня назад +8

    I really enjoy the channel's content , delivery , historical significance , and presentation of subject matter. Keep up the good work . Thoughty 2 is always a watch and share !!

  • @RIPTurhaAKACryptidHunter
    @RIPTurhaAKACryptidHunter 4 дня назад +20

    Dr House mentioned! I LOVE that series! I watch it almost every week. Sometimes put it play when I'm sleeping. Background sound is needed! 😂

    • @dredeth
      @dredeth 4 дня назад +6

      There was also a similar case in the show, with a father who worked on a scrapyard and brought his son an interesting metal object.
      It might be inspired by this incident....

  • @NyanyiC
    @NyanyiC 4 дня назад +5

    i appreciate having a real person telling the story

  • @victormendez2670
    @victormendez2670 4 дня назад +4

    I’ve heard of this incident before and the little girl passing hits me hard.
    Thank you for covering this. People should be aware of the dangerous that lurk in abandoned buildings. People are the least of the problems.

  • @Paxotrials
    @Paxotrials 4 дня назад +39

    My day instantly gets better when thoughty2 uploads

    • @dianapennepacker6854
      @dianapennepacker6854 4 дня назад +1

      Nope, nope. It is 42, and I will not hear anything else on the subject.
      No really. I hear Forty Two in the beginning. Always have. Never gave it a second thought till someone else said something.

    • @redcarsplodge1837
      @redcarsplodge1837 4 дня назад +2

      My day instantly gets better. Now im depressed. But happy. This is such a over flow of emotions.lol

  • @xentarch
    @xentarch 4 дня назад +42

    Everybody gangsta until the glowing substance makes them sick

    • @dearthditch
      @dearthditch 4 дня назад +3

      Karma for thieves. Too bad their evil cost other people

    • @homesteadgamer1257
      @homesteadgamer1257 3 дня назад +2

      @@dearthditch Too true. Greed never makes anything any easier for humanity, it only worsens life.

    • @homesteadgamer1257
      @homesteadgamer1257 3 дня назад

      Vault-Tec has left the chat.

  • @pokemasterpat
    @pokemasterpat 3 дня назад +2

    Bro this is gut wrenching... The second he mentioned the girl rubbing it on her face... There is nothing more horrifying than radiation, and the havoc it can inflict upon life

  • @bhargavivonguru6304
    @bhargavivonguru6304 4 дня назад +7

    It’s crazy how such small things can change so much.

  • @jillking5876
    @jillking5876 3 дня назад +2

    This story was totally new for me, and I have to say that your presentation was excellent. What a horrible nightmare that city lived through. Great video Thoughty!

  • @buckaroobonsi555
    @buckaroobonsi555 4 дня назад +7

    I love how Thoughty2 completly over looks the fact that had the first victiums not been thieves none of that would have happened. Just like a loaded gun will sit on a mantle forever not harming anyone this machine did not leak or malfunction or chase people down and spread radiation. Two men broke into a clinic and stole parts from a machine that belonged to someone who had tried to remove it. This was all down to two men that stole a piece of a medical device that was safely in use and was perfectly safe while not in use. They had to handle it with out proper gear and tear into and then start showing it off to friends and family to cause that devastation!

  • @silkyheineken7375
    @silkyheineken7375 2 дня назад +1

    Epic. Just epic. I’ve been a fan for only the past year but I’ve been impressed by every single vid. Everyday is a school day with Thoughty2. Awesome stuff mate!

  • @Redcrimson177
    @Redcrimson177 4 дня назад +113

    Unsurprisingly, the ultimate Villain behind a massive and tragic Public Health Incident is inevitably revealed to have been A Landlord

    • @Deadly_Apathy
      @Deadly_Apathy 4 дня назад +21

      Not to mention the two guys that broke in and dismantled the machine to steal parts to scrap. Don't forget the thieves that caused it all.

    • @phoenixx5092
      @phoenixx5092 4 дня назад

      @@Deadly_Apathy it still comes down to the greedy landlord. They were probably the one that leaked the story of the "equipment left behind" story to begin with, which considering the guys that turned up were from a scrap yard, does sound like the landlord hoped to be paid for the 'scrap' and asked them to take it and sell it. Never under estimate the stupidity of slum lords, in an of out of control unregulated worldwide rental industry - where the biggest stakeholders, are usually the politicans.

    • @phoenixx5092
      @phoenixx5092 4 дня назад +3

      @@Deadly_Apathy hmm ok youtube auto deleted my comment.. I shall be more vague. The (s1umlord) landlord was likely the one that told the scrapyard, and likely hoped to profit from the sale of the equipment. The rental industry is entirely out of control like thazt, thanks to p0liticians being the larger stakeholders in it.

    • @itsnevertoolatetodotherigh3271
      @itsnevertoolatetodotherigh3271 2 дня назад +1

      ​@@phoenixx5092 "Likely" is not proof, there's no correlation of what you are saying, refrain from creating misinformation.

    • @phoenixx5092
      @phoenixx5092 2 дня назад

      @@itsnevertoolatetodotherigh3271 oh look, a landlord... not all of them are nice... locked unmaintained rental property, owner prevents prior tenants who work in health industry from removing expensive equipment, and it somehow gets leaked to a scrap yard that there is expensive equipment for the taking? they totally knew what they were doing, and they totally are the ones who told the scrapper about it. Chances are the landlord jacked the rent, and when they put the clinic out of business hoped to profit from stealing the equipment left behind. Brazil is a place where slumlord is a common top 3% occupation, you cannot measure them by the standards of the western world. @redcrimson177 was totally on point, just too polite to mention the subtext.

  • @user-tk5fi1my5i
    @user-tk5fi1my5i 2 дня назад +2

    When you get people that aren't educated, you not only get incidents like this, but you also get incidents were people are prejudice against people. Just like how other people wouldn't even let people in that city live in another city, let them take the bus or ride on a plain, buy products from that area, etc, even though it was safe. There's many reasons why being educated is important.

  • @jackdurden466
    @jackdurden466 4 дня назад +4

    My heart goes out to the little girl who was given the glowing powder and rubbed it all over her face. When I saw that clip I just knew it would end up bad. And oh was it. Such an incredible show of how the smallest of moments going the wrong way can lead to so many horrible things and deaths among the most vulnerable people who’d had no idea what they were handling. It’s such a tragic story I just hope that people are better informed about things like this so it can be prevented in future generations. Heck I myself would have thought, while living in such a poor place, that raiding an old medical facility could make me a few bucks. They just happened to take the absolute worst thing out of there that they possibly could’ve.

    • @RIOT690
      @RIOT690 3 дня назад +1

      Ugh, couldn't hold back tears knowing full well how the child probably couldn't be comforted. Having a little sibling to compare to just destroyed me.

  • @TheFenfur
    @TheFenfur 3 дня назад +2

    The worst part of this story is the part of the daughter, a child who covered herself in the glittering 'fairy dust' and very sadly passed away. Thank you for sharing this story. The Goiânia Ophan Source should be so much better known because the threat is unbelievably high. Great appreciation to you.

  • @marvhollingworth663
    @marvhollingworth663 4 дня назад +11

    I've heard about this before on Kyle Hill. You told this tragic story well.

    • @jpt3640
      @jpt3640 4 дня назад +2

      Yeah. Thoughtytwo added a lot of information that was missed previously

  • @VihMelchior
    @VihMelchior 2 дня назад +2

    Your pronunciation of Goiânia is very good! Thanks for the effort!

  • @olofeimir
    @olofeimir 4 дня назад +23

    That is so fucking horrifying :O

  • @raa9756
    @raa9756 4 дня назад +4

    respect to the heros who helped prevent an even larger disaster

  • @toetip101
    @toetip101 4 дня назад +14

    How was that machine, cylinder....not labeled as Radioactive....skull & cross bones?? You know something even a caveman could figure out.

    • @duudsuufd
      @duudsuufd 4 дня назад +4

      Skull and cross bones is not the symbol for radio-activity.

    • @toetip101
      @toetip101 4 дня назад +9

      @@duudsuufd i know that. You'd think along with the universal symbol for radioactivity, that's going to crossbones would be there as well. Places where people dont have formal education might not be aware of what the radiation symbol means. But like I said any human will understand a skull and crossbones ☠️

    • @dearthditch
      @dearthditch 4 дня назад

      I think that’s used for poisons specifically. Guess they never thought that imbeciles would completely destroy every layer of protection. Or that imbeciles would even have possession of it

    • @samn6498
      @samn6498 4 дня назад

      ​@@toetip101you actually have a good idea there

    • @homesteadgamer1257
      @homesteadgamer1257 3 дня назад

      I wondered that, too. I'm guessing maybe they wanted to hide it from some government authority who might confiscate it, which provokes a much darker plan for it. If that lab guy who went back for it just told the new owners it was radioactive or dangerous, they could have gotten it out and none of the deaths and problems would have happened.

  • @YikesIsMe
    @YikesIsMe 4 дня назад +2

    I've heard this story a few times, it's always terrifying and tragic, but this is probably the most detailed explanation I've heard for the entire event. good video.

  • @randolphvictorconstantine7765
    @randolphvictorconstantine7765 4 дня назад +6

    After several years, I still hear him say "hey 42 here."

  • @lolla7506
    @lolla7506 4 дня назад +70

    'The Glowing Substance Everyone Wanted Until It Made Them Sick' before the title changes 15 times😂

    • @autisticallyleathal
      @autisticallyleathal 4 дня назад +1

      Thumbnail too

    • @j0hnnyhobo416
      @j0hnnyhobo416 4 дня назад +26

      I got 'How this sack of junk almost destroyed a city'. And it's only been up for 26 minutes

    • @Seba_ntn
      @Seba_ntn 4 дня назад +5

      ⁠@@j0hnnyhobo416mine is “This one bag almost destroyed a city”

    • @raymondmartin6737
      @raymondmartin6737 4 дня назад

      In the Kraftwerk, German group, their Radioactivity
      tune mentions Cesium 137
      as causing skin cancer. 😮

    • @lame0fame065
      @lame0fame065 4 дня назад +5

      “How a strange bag almost destroyed a city”

  • @adamfisher5880
    @adamfisher5880 4 дня назад +7

    At 1:00 I already had suspicion about it being this incident. It's amazing how few people actually know about this story, much less how many people are unaware of the dangers hospital equipment pose. Radiation is horrible.

    • @aimanabdulaziz822
      @aimanabdulaziz822 4 дня назад +1

      im suprised this incident is not known worldwide. I also dont know the incident until i saw this video.

    • @skent4628
      @skent4628 4 дня назад +3

      I work in an imaging dept at a hospital, so, as soon as he mentioned them stealing a device for scrap, I waa like, " Holy F. God, no."

  • @natesylvester8493
    @natesylvester8493 2 дня назад +1

    This may have been the most upsetting and depressing installment I've watched ever on Thoughty2. It made me want to wretch and cry. No joke.

  • @shahfaisal6271
    @shahfaisal6271 4 дня назад +5

    Felt so bad for that poor little girl 😢 So tragic and an eye opener that people should be educated aboute radiation and stuff.

  • @KIxzad
    @KIxzad 4 дня назад +5

    Aye thoughty, Ik you wont see this, get a lot of engagement, but i seriously wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for not switching to an AI narrator. Youre the best and give us some awesome history lessons! We love you thoughty!

  • @awaisahmed9418
    @awaisahmed9418 4 дня назад +15

    Thoughty 2 before Sleep

  • @famoustoxicduck971
    @famoustoxicduck971 3 дня назад +2

    I almost skipped this one cus I’ve heard this story before but I’m glad I stayed because the amount of details and pieces of the story I never heard before

  • @xinixini1826
    @xinixini1826 День назад +1

    Many Law Enforcement cruisers carry something akin to a Geiger counter on board. It is so sensitive, that if you are in a car coming home from the hospital after some sort of scan, x-ray or radiation treatment, it can set the scanner off from several feet away. That "smoothie" (oral contrast) you drink for a CT scan or the dye (injected contrast) they inject into your IV? That contains a radioactive isotope to assist with the scan and takes a bit for it to work through your system.

  • @fakeAratPrime
    @fakeAratPrime 2 дня назад +9

    I actually already knew about this.
    I tend to go into deep nuclear accident rabbit holes at 4am for some reason.

  • @drac2you816
    @drac2you816 3 дня назад +1

    Hello, Thoughty2, thank you for all you do with these vids. You handle some quite sensitive topics with empathy & clear understanding while making them interesting, educational, and entertaining, including your amazing animations. Keep up the great work to expand minds via the brain-shrinking medium of the Internet.

  • @phittytarts
    @phittytarts 4 дня назад +11

    So weird hearing Brazilian city “Goiania” when I was born in Guyana which sits right on top of Brazil

  • @jackmason5278
    @jackmason5278 2 дня назад +2

    A very informative and heart wrenching video. Thank you!

  • @normanfranklin4784
    @normanfranklin4784 4 дня назад +4

    Story of the sacred glowing items! Fantastic

  • @Lukas7360
    @Lukas7360 4 дня назад +1

    I came to your channel long years ago for some interesting facts. Realizing just now, that it's not the info I've been here for all along, but instead. the stellar storytelling. And I'm a sucker for good storytelling.

  • @UllyrWuldan
    @UllyrWuldan 4 дня назад +4

    Damn it man, that’s tragic.

  • @micahjones2090
    @micahjones2090 2 дня назад +6

    2:54 bro brought his hammer to the doctors office 😂

  • @kmcca08
    @kmcca08 2 дня назад +1

    One of my favourite videos from you. Great job. 👌

  • @baronvonhoughton
    @baronvonhoughton 4 дня назад +38

    It's not a Nuclear accident. It's a radiation accident.
    Nuclear refers to fusion or fission of the 'nucleus' of an atom, which are combined or split to provide energy. This was ionising radiation from a radioactive element.

    • @Istaphobos
      @Istaphobos 4 дня назад

      I was about to say the same thing, lol. Yes, this was a Radiological incident. The distinction is important, particularly to the people that would be involved in responding to these types of incidents.
      And it creates the tendency in people to have unhelpful emotional responses to certain phrases.
      As demonstrated by this very story, the often subtle nature of radiological incidents give them the potential for devastating effects with little or no warning.

    • @jpt3640
      @jpt3640 4 дня назад +2

      Mh.. you are right. But the radiation still comes from fission?!

    • @Istaphobos
      @Istaphobos 4 дня назад

      @@jpt3640 No. It comes from cesium-137 beta decay. (Into barium 137 a metastable isomer (137mBa) for anyone who cares.

    • @Istaphobos
      @Istaphobos 4 дня назад

      No. It comes from Cesium 137 beta decay.

    • @Istaphobos
      @Istaphobos 4 дня назад

      Yes. Radiological accident are far less obvious and can be much more dangerous for thar reason.
      It’s important to get the nomenclature correct because this establishes peoples initial emotional reaction to things even if most wouldn’t make a distinction between the two.

  • @sandhy81
    @sandhy81 3 дня назад +2

    Arran, you always end with 'thanks for watching,' but I want to say 'thanks for creating these fantastic videos..

  • @GhostofHalo118
    @GhostofHalo118 4 дня назад +11

    How long has thoughty2 been using animations? Its a nice touch.

    • @icosthop9998
      @icosthop9998 4 дня назад

      Fr
      . 9:23 L😂L

    • @homesteadgamer1257
      @homesteadgamer1257 3 дня назад +1

      At least a few months. I only discovered him this year, and they've been in every video I've seen. It is a nice touch indeed.

    • @alioshapopovicius3352
      @alioshapopovicius3352 2 дня назад

      His videos was these kind of animations since the beginning

    • @GhostofHalo118
      @GhostofHalo118 2 дня назад

      @@alioshapopovicius3352 been watching this man for 5 years now...unless his videos dont ALWAYS have them but this is the first time am seeing it.

  • @NektarVision
    @NektarVision 4 дня назад +1

    The best telling of this story that I have heard. Thanks 42.

  • @kayegotroses
    @kayegotroses 4 дня назад +3

    I can’t get over his glow up. Huuggee difference just by changing his hair, wearing a white polo, and by shaving his mustache. He looks younger as well.

    • @philmccavity3854
      @philmccavity3854 4 дня назад

      Apart from the hairstyle, he looks like he did a few years ago before he grew the tash

    • @dearthditch
      @dearthditch 4 дня назад +2

      Dunno that I’d have used the term “glow up” on this one video 😅

    • @kayegotroses
      @kayegotroses 4 дня назад

      @@dearthditch well, all i meant was he looks better than what he looked like 3 yrs ago 😅

  • @sydmillertek
    @sydmillertek 2 дня назад

    I had never heard of this incident even at the time of it happening. Thanks to you for enlightening us about things we may have never known about. You are very easy to listen to. Been a subscriber for years now. 👍

  • @jared6893
    @jared6893 4 дня назад +3

    Amazing story, I love your videos mate.
    Terrifying how far just one sample of radioactive material can spread…
    Edit, its tragic that Leide lost her life… and too all the other victims.

  • @homesteadgamer1257
    @homesteadgamer1257 3 дня назад +1

    Oh man. I'm actually playing Fallout 4 as I watch this. As soon as he started talking about the glowing contents in the bag were killing her family, I knew exactly what it was. My heart sank when the man gave some to his daughter and let her rub it all over her face. That poor girl. Maybe Fallout 5 will tribute a glowing fairy to her. What a horrible fate. Rest in peace, little one.

  • @phedrob3735
    @phedrob3735 4 дня назад +5

    I've thought about a VPN but I also wonder who owns/controls these systems and what information they gather about users

    • @duudsuufd
      @duudsuufd 4 дня назад

      Free VPN's gather information. Paid VPN's normally don't.

    • @SootyPhoenix
      @SootyPhoenix 4 дня назад +1

      I bet all of them log user data whatever they claim. Everything is a scam nowadays.

  • @Tadpo
    @Tadpo День назад

    This is the first I hear about this incident. Thank you for shedding some light on this story. So sad to hear what happened to Maria Gabriela Ferreira and her niece Leide das Neves Ferreira. HBO Max should make a mini series on this like they did the Chernobyl series. I only learned about Chernobyl because of that series so it would be a great way to keep their story alive for those who have never heard of it or were alive during the time.

  • @brianbrewster6532
    @brianbrewster6532 День назад +4

    I heard about this scrap salvage story many years ago while researching the Chernobyl Accident. But I couldn't believe the extent of pervasive damage the Goiânia Incident caused this small city and its inhabitants from such blatant IGNORANCE. This is why, as a young college student back in the 1970s, I was appalled by the nuclear industry for allowing a substance virtually undetectable to human senses to be at the core of electrical generation. Odorless, tasteless, and invisible yet perhaps the most toxic substance ever invented by mankind ... what could could possibly go wrong? Oh, I'd like to add that the survivors of Nagasaki & Hiroshima also succumbed to the same stigmatic fate as those in Goiânia. They were called hibakusha, or "survivor of the bomb".

  • @KumeTheWolf
    @KumeTheWolf 2 дня назад

    Got to admit, it's been a year or two since I've watched one of these videos. But it's great to hear this narration again 😊

  • @TheoLofi
    @TheoLofi 4 дня назад +6

    🎶 Uranium fever has done and got me down
    Uranium fever is spreadin' all around
    With a Geiger counter in my hand
    I'm a-goin' out to stake me some government land
    Uranium fever has done and got me down 🎶

    • @icosthop9998
      @icosthop9998 4 дня назад +1

      Tucked under you...
      ... I hope no other person knows you got me laughing ||| L😂L
      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @homesteadgamer1257
      @homesteadgamer1257 3 дня назад +1

      .... Is Atom Bomb Baby too inappropriate to add in here? Dark humor, tho...
      I'm actually playing Fallout while I'm watching this. Too bad that game was available to those thieves or anyone in that town who came in contact with that dust. I hope Fallout eventually has a tribute to that little girl, like an actual glowing fairy from some Children of Atom quest.

  • @Iceburg814
    @Iceburg814 4 дня назад +1

    I work in transporting goods including hazmat. I have used this story to help teach classes and inform people about the dangers of messing with materials you don't know what they are.

  • @ZonamaPrime
    @ZonamaPrime 4 дня назад +6

    @3:47 Mistake after mistake after mistake... but why break the cylinder!?

    • @laserbeam1620
      @laserbeam1620 2 дня назад +2

      Total lack of education

    • @jturtle5318
      @jturtle5318 16 часов назад

      To see what's in it! It could be valuable.

  • @KRONIK3636
    @KRONIK3636 4 дня назад +1

    Hey Thoughty, just a quick comment to say love your content, been watching you for years & to keep up the fantastic vids! Top marks bro.

  • @The-three-eyed-Prophet
    @The-three-eyed-Prophet 4 дня назад +6

    There whas a almost identical Case in India ... I Wonder how many cases Like this remain undiscoverd ...

    • @homesteadgamer1257
      @homesteadgamer1257 3 дня назад +1

      Wow, I almost completely forgot about that India incident. That's a good question. Just how many places has something similar happened to? And just how many of them were intentional as experiments by the sick and twisted Almighty US Military Complex?

  • @HugoBaesJr
    @HugoBaesJr 4 дня назад +1

    What a great video about this tragic history worth remembering!
    And good job on portuguese pronunciations, that's very close to how we talk here in Brazil!

  • @rezzaazzadi
    @rezzaazzadi 4 дня назад +5

    RIP Maria ❤

  • @BryanWangler
    @BryanWangler 3 дня назад +1

    @Thoughty2 - I love your story telling of this tragedy. Both you and Kyle hill tell this story very well.

  • @NF12222
    @NF12222 4 дня назад +7

    3.6 Roentgen, not great, not terrible...

  • @darrenemerson5230
    @darrenemerson5230 3 дня назад +1

    I knew nothing of this nuclear disater its shocking.
    I have watched your other videos where your tongue in cheek narrative is spot on.
    But this video i could tell how sad and shocked you were.
    Man o man thise poor people and as you said could very easily have avoided.
    Thanks for making the video.
    Lessons like these should never be forgotten.
    🇧🇷😢❤✌

  • @dcanedemboyz7431
    @dcanedemboyz7431 4 дня назад +5

    Nice fade

  • @rafaeltogami
    @rafaeltogami 3 дня назад +1

    I’m from Brazil (a bit far from Goiânia), I was a kid when it happened. That was awful, my sentiments to all who suffered (and still are).

  • @berrycade
    @berrycade 4 дня назад +7

    Glowing scrap metal??? Let’s go!!! I’m gonna bathe in it and pass it out to everyone I know!

  • @kingforkings
    @kingforkings 2 дня назад +1

    what a well drawn video! There is a video about Japanese employees being irradiated badly. The insane part is that, the RUclipsr showed all real states of these two people and explained how bad their shape was. The parents I think were able to force the doctors to keep him alive, till they were forced to see how little of their bodies were left due to DNA being fully broken and no healing process being possible. In other words, 100s of times worse than any ghoulyfication, to keep it less disturbing.

  • @600wheel
    @600wheel 4 дня назад +10

    Your haircut says you’ve been Rick Rolled one to many times😂😂

  • @raymondwilliams2609
    @raymondwilliams2609 3 дня назад

    I've actually heard this story around 3 more times, Liam. I had to watch your version of it to see what your take on it was; it's probably the best telling of the story, not that there is anything wrong with the other versions, and I learned a few other things that were not mentioned in the other versions.
    Really well done, Liam. 👍👏🤗😊❤️🖖✌️

  • @ddmprecisi
    @ddmprecisi 4 дня назад +6

    How awful …so sad

  • @CathyKitson
    @CathyKitson День назад +1

    The one I felt sorriest for was Leide. Only six years old, smearing this poison over her face as some kind of face paint. Her suffering must have been atrocious. And even when she died, she could know no peace as her little body was lowered into the ground.

  • @kwhite93
    @kwhite93 4 дня назад +6

    Sorry boss, ill be late today. Thoughty2 dropped a video 4 minutes ago 🎉

    • @FT91-z5j
      @FT91-z5j 4 дня назад +2

      No problem I booked a conference room to watch it 😂

    • @kwhite93
      @kwhite93 4 дня назад +1

      @@FT91-z5j I'll bring the glowing powdered donuts ✨️🍩

  • @rgnyc
    @rgnyc 4 дня назад +2

    Thank you for sharing this. An exceptional piece!

  • @12Ger13
    @12Ger13 4 дня назад +7

    And all because people had a monetary dispute with that old hospital decided to prevent the physicians to recover the medical device.
    People with education and a high one at that, something don't even care about their surroundings, only themselves.

    • @JS-jn8ku
      @JS-jn8ku 4 дня назад +2

      My daughter explored an old abandoned Psyche hospital. They left equipment, files, and pictures. She brought a box of slides home of patients.... I am very superstitious...No, I did not see all...saw one, made her get them out of my house... bad energy. I was blown away at what was left for anyone to see.

    • @12Ger13
      @12Ger13 4 дня назад +3

      @@JS-jn8ku No respect for the patients whatsoever, even today, mental illnesses are like a "taboo topic" of no importance.