Faces Of Death Page #6

By manipulating human emotions

through fear,

Adolf Hitler sent his troops

on missions of destruction.

The human mind

is an extremely fragile piece of machinery.

When proper psychological methods

are employed,

the most passive

can become the most aggressive.

As the Germans moved through Europe,

the pain of defeat was experienced by all.

Allied forces soon began to halt

the Nazi progression.

Faced with continuous defeat,

Hitler soon lost control not only of his army,

but also of his mind.

The threat of Nazism

was soon erased.

The threat of Nazism

was soon erased.

Only a legacy

of a distorted prejudice remained.

The capacity to hate

is a frightening human reality.

We are always ready

to blame another

if the circumstances can free us

from our own self-guilt.

Hitler found his guinea pigs

in the Jews.

He believed the world would be

a better place if they were annihilated.

His solution

was the concentration camp.

Six million Jews were murdered.

One man had engineered the most

effective killing environment in history.

the first concentration camp was liberated.

Time may heal many wounds.

I wonder if this kind of atrocity

will ever happen again.

Those that survived the Holocaust

believe that it will.

This face of death

is by far the most devastating.

Helpless people were murdered

like animals in a slaughterhouse.

I personally don't know

if this kind of situation could repeat itself,

but if it does,

we all deserve a life in hell.

The greatest killer of all is disease.

Thousands die on a daily basis

from an assortment of illnesses.

The common rat has preyed on man

throughout the centuries.

The carrier of bubonic plague,

this rodent has caused more death

than all the wars in history.

The vampire bat has made its own

contribution to the world of disease.

This blood-sucking creature is one of

the many carriers responsible for rabies.

The disease centers on

the nervous system, causing paralysis.

The victim eventually chokes to death

on his own saliva.

Another fertile ground

for numerous diseases is poverty.

Even though medical science

has discovered cures to many illnesses,

those who cannot afford

the life-saving serums

can only hope their death

will be swift and painless.

When a cholera epidemic broke out

in India, hundreds of thousands fell victim.

When medical supplies ran short,

the untreated waited patiently for death.

Without food,

the human being could not exist.

Malnutrition eventually leads to

one of the most painful forms of death -

starvation.

With the ever-growing problem

of overpopulation,

the demand for food around the world

can no longer be met.

Unfortunately, this painful reality

has become a way of life

for the people of Biafra.

There is a modern-day plague

which medical science is currently battling.

It is a disease called cancer.

Since this disease is able to attack any part

of the body in many different forms,

research centers have been set up

across the United States

with the hope of finding new cures

to this dreadful plague.

The Rigler Research Center at UCLA in

Los Angeles, California, is one such center.

By conducting surgery

on cancerous dogs,

doctors hope to find new cures

for treating the human being.

This particular animal

has terminal cancer.

In this operation, surgeons will place

a special monitoring device

inside a blood vessel

which leads to the liver.

By studying the flow rate

and volume of blood,

doctors may gain a better understanding

of how cancer destroys this organ.

The results of this operation

will be discussed by a board of scientists.

Hopefully, the knowledge discovered

may bring the world one step closer

to curing this particular form of cancer.

Modern technology

may someday find a solution,

but many of us believe

technology may also be the cause.

Pollution, cigarettes,

the water we drink,

the preservatives in our food

may all be contributors to cancer.

Could it be that cancer

is a man-made disease?

Is this nature's way of warning us that we

must stop and reevaluate our existence?

While disease fighters continue

their explorations into the medical causes,

their findings may proclaim a sociological

change within society is necessary.

If this occurs, a new respect

for both the planet and our own lives

will create an end to a disease that causes

the death of loved ones each year.

The advent of modern transportation has

made the world accessible to every person.

The advent of modern transportation has

made the world accessible to every person.

Man has developed different sports

to take full advantage of his travel toys.

Since many of us have yearned

for the gift of flight,

the sport of skydiving was introduced.

Jumping thousands of feet

dependent upon a parachute

is the risk one takes

if he wants to fly.

Unfortunately,

there is also the chance of death.

This accident occurred at an airshow

in the Western United States.

The man plummeted to earth from 2,000

feet when his parachute malfunctioned.

I wondered what thoughts ran through

this man's mind as he fell at 80mph.

Doctors later informed me

the man suffered a painless death

for he had slipped into cardiac arrest

before hitting the ground.

After playing this accident back

in slow motion, I disagreed.

It appeared the skydiver

struggled throughout the fall,

trying in vain to prevent

his destined outcome.

This nightmarish death made me question

the role of cautionary measures

necessary to prolong life.

After pondering this possibility,

I realized that no matter how cautious I am,

if it's my time to die,

it doesn't matter if I'm walking down

the sidewalk or jumping out of a plane.

Even in the world of make-believe,

the use of transportation vehicles

can end in disaster.

When a film crew was preparing

to photograph a special car stunt

for a new action-adventure movie,

an unexpected accident occurred.

What was to be a routine stunt

ended in disaster

when a safety cable malfunctioned.

- Camera.

- Rolling.

Hell Raising.

Jesus Christ!

Get him outta there.

Keep rolling. Catch it.

Keep rolling. Catch it.

The driver suffered internal injuries

which resulted in his death.

In the routine work of a stuntman,

the dangers faced daily

are like doing a tango with death.

These daredevils fall off cliffs,

jump from moving cars

and perform any stunt

which makes an actor appear fearless.

Those who work in this environment

have an interesting perception of death.

They believe their job

is as safe as anyone else's

because they are all

carefully trained professionals.

Unfortunately, it was his equipment

and not his expertise

which determined

this man's untimely end.

An ironic conclusion to this tragedy

is that months later,

when the movie was released,

the director decided to include

this sequence in the picture.

The only change - the character

who supposedly drove the car

left the vehicle unharmed

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