There are many tragic and significant events that I covered as a journalist throughout my long career: deadly shipwrecks, kidnappings for ransom, hijackings, bus hijackings, antiquities trafficking, fatal and devastating earthquakes, major fires with tragic consequences, aircraft accidents, deadly road traffic accidents, various types of accidents with many victims, as well as many other cases that both young and old remember.

All the cases included in this book I experienced up close. I always reported from the scene where the events took place. I recorded every significant development. I informed the readers and viewers in simple words about what happened, how it happened, why it happened, the consequences that followed, as well as any significant aspect that presented interest.

This is what I tried to do in this book as well. An objective account of what I saw and experienced during my journalistic assignments, without a trace of exaggeration, without a trace of embellishment. In short, it is a summary of all the major events that have shaken public opinion over the past thirty-five years.