March 11, 2011, is a day forever etched in Japan’s history—a day when the Earth shook with unimaginable force, and the ocean rose with devastating fury. At 2:46 PM local time, a massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan, making it one of the strongest quakes ever recorded. The shaking alone was …
On the morning of March 11, 2004, a coordinated series of bombings struck Madrid, Spain, during the height of rush hour, killing 193 people and injuring over 2,000. The bombings, which targeted four commuter trains, were one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Europe. The perpetrators, a group of Islamist extremists, used backpacks filled with …
