Episode
20/20: Disaster in the Pacific
Overview
A breaking news episode regarding the massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated Japan.
Details
- Series
- 20/20
- Season
- Season 34
- Episode
- Episode 32
- Air date
- 2011-03-11
Episode context
Disaster in the Pacific is Episode 32 in Season 34 of 20/20. It aired on 2011-03-11.
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First, Carmina Salcido (a former American Idol hopeful) helps tell her harrowing story involving her murderous father and his violent, homicidal rampage that left her family and others dead. After nearly being killed as a young child, she was adopted by an ultra-conservative family who kept her in the cultural dark for most of her childhood..Later, people who own crocodiles and alligators as pets are profiled.
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Episode 25: Astronaut Love Triangle: The Soap Opera Behind the Space Shuttle
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