9 People who Caused Catastrophes for Dumb Reasons

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9 Man causes highway pileup to save a cat
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8 300 people die becuase someone put hinges on the wrong way
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7 Wildfire started because arsonist was worried firefighters were bored
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6 Cruise ship capsizes because the captain wanted to impress his girlfriend
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5 100 people die because band wanted to look cool
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4 Man floods town to leave his wife
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3 Space shuttle disintergrates because someone made a shitty powerpoint presentation
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2 Cruise ship sinks because someone didn't close the door
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1 Plane crashes because someone installed futuristic gauges
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http://www.cracked.com/article_19623_6-small-math-errors-that-caused-huge-disasters.html
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http://whatculture.com/offbeat/10-disasters-caused-by-human-error.php/9