In Bangladesh, men desperate for work perform one of the world's most
dangerous jobs. They demolish huge ships in grueling conditions, braving
disease, pollution, and the threat of being crushed or stabbed by steel
sliced from the hulls.
Broadcast: 17 February 2013 on Sunday Night, Seven Network (Channel 7) Australia
Reporter / Camera: Tim Noonan
Producer: Ali Russell
It's one of the most jaw-dropping sights of the modern world. For as far as the eye can see, along a stretch of coastline in Bangladesh, hundreds of mammoth supertankers lie beached on the sand. This is where the world's ships come to die. Tim joins the thousands of workers, some of them children, who are paid just 47 cents a day to break up these rusting giants with their bare hand
Reporter / Camera: Tim Noonan
Producer: Ali Russell
It's one of the most jaw-dropping sights of the modern world. For as far as the eye can see, along a stretch of coastline in Bangladesh, hundreds of mammoth supertankers lie beached on the sand. This is where the world's ships come to die. Tim joins the thousands of workers, some of them children, who are paid just 47 cents a day to break up these rusting giants with their bare hand
