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Unreal Photos Taken Before the Most Tragic Moments in History

#21. Challenger Tragedy

Challenger Tragedy

In 1986, the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger broke apart just 73 seconds after launch. All seven crew members were killed. Here they are as they jubilantly prepare to board the craft just hours earlier.

#22. Early Ebola Outbreak

Early Ebola Outbreak

The first outbreak of Ebola, in 1976, killed 280 people. This is a nurse named Mayinga N’Seka, pictured just days before she succumbed to the virus she had helped to fight.

#23. Tempting Fate for a Selfie

Tempting Fate for a Selfie

This is Xenia Ignatyeva. The 17-year old wanted a dramatic selfie, and she got it. Right after this photo was snapped, she lost her balance and fell to her death.

#24. A Mayoral Disaster

A Mayoral Disaster

William Becker was the mayor of St. Louis from 1941-1943. On August 1, 1943, he participated in a demonstration for a new aircraft. As soon as it took off, its right wing broke, and all ten passengers were killed. This is the group pictured before takeoff.

#25. Hair-Raising

Hair-Raising

This family photo of two brothers (Michael McQuilken, right, 18 and his brother, Sean, 12) was taken on a camping trip in 1975, in California’s Sequoia National Park. The brothers were both struck by lightning soon after the picture was snapped and fortunately, both survived.

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