When St. Helen's volcano erupted, photographer Robert Landsberg captured the wall of ash approaching him. He managed to protect the film with his body, the film survived, but he didn't.
These photos taken just before tragedy will haunt you
The space shuttle 'Challenger' broke apart and exploded 73 seconds into its launch, killing all seven crew members. This Photo was taken as they were boarding the space shuttle.
Mayinga N’Seka was a nurse caring for Ebola-infected patients during an outbreak in 1976. She eventually got infected herself and passed away shortly.
This photo was taken moments before The Omagh Bombing. The red car contained a bomb that killed 29 people and injured 220 more. The man and child in the photograph both survived, the photographer didn't.
An amateur photographer was testing his new camera when he captured this haunting photo. 14-year old Keith Sapsford hid in the wheel of a flight leaving Sydney to Japan. The photo shows Sapsford's 200dt fall to his death.
During The Columbine High School Massacre, William Sanders guided more than 100 students to safety out of the cafeteria. He was later shot twice in the chest and died.
This is the last image of Uruguayan Flight 571, before it crashed in The Andes on 13-10-1972. 27 out of 45 people survived the initial crash. Survivors were eventually forced to cannibalize the dead to stay alive. 16 people were rescued 72 Days Later
Dave Halley took a photo before taking off to their dream vacation onboard flight MH17. Shortly afterward, the plane was shot down over Ukraine by Russia-led forces, killing everybody on board.
This dashcam footage captured the moments before Transasia’s Flight 235 crashed in the Keelung River in Taiwan. 58 people were on board, only 15 survived.
Gilles Leclerc And Marianne Labanane took a selfie at a concert where The Eagles of Death Metal were set to perform. Moments later, four gunmen started shooting, Gilles was killed, but Marianne survived.
This is one of the last pictures taken of the Titanic. It sank on April 15th, 1912 after colliding with an iceberg.
Out of the 2224 crew and passengers on board, 1500 didn't survive.
James Dean is seen in this picture getting petrol for his Porsche 550 Spyder, not long before he crashed it and died.
This is the last picture taken of Diana, Princess Of Wales. Her bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, left, and driver Henri Paul can be seen sitting in front seats shortly before the 1997 fatal crash.
Paul Walker can be seen here climbing into the car that eventually crashed and killing him.
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