chronicle of misfortune, mayhem and misery for every day of the year. it carefully curated calendar of humankind most entertaining catastrophes. if the signature tongue-in-cheek humor farquhar leads were leads readers on history s worst happenings gleaned from recent and distant eras events while mom and obscure locations near and far and people famous infamous and forgotten. farquhar explains in his introduction there are literally doing it to miserable episodes throughout human history from which to choose. here he has collected the most amazing examples that will offer even in the most miserable readers excellent company. after the reading there will be time for questions. afterwards the book signing. when that time comes we would like everyone to form a line going up that way now ladies and gentlemen please give a warm welcome for author michael farquhar. [applause] i don t create a bad day but it s farquhar. thank you all for being here. that was a nice introduction
a cat with a need for speed holding on for dear life surprising the pilot and his passenger. well, good tuesday morning to you. i m reena ninan. and i m kendis gibson in for t.j. holmes. it has been a terrifying night for one stretch of the midwest. confirmed tornadoes blazing a path across the great lakes. that s a quarter mile away from us right now right next to us. just before dark this huge twister blue over edgington in western illinois. at least five homes damaged there. a few hours later a tornado struck coal city south of chicago. emergency crews responding in the dark to collapsed homes, gas leaks, people even trapped under the rubble. western michigan struck, as well. that s the steeple of a church in the small town of portland. it plunged 50 feet down through the roof. the radar shows that turbulence is moving heading east, millions of people in its path, so we turn our focus to accuweather s molly cochran tracking the storms for us. molly. thanks, ken
football coach at his son s school. i m on top of the world hey and the ride of his life. the shocking stowaway aboard this plane. look at that cat surprising the pilot midair, how he managed to still make a perfect landing. we do say good morning, america, on this tuesday morning. we have a cat to begin the show. dan harris is extremely happy. my cats freak out when you turn the vacuum on. i don t know how that cat stayed in that plane. who knows? we ll find out. we ll find out. all right. we re going the begin, though severe storms sweeping across the country. tornadoes tearing through the midwest overnight. you re looking live at coal city, illinois, that was hit so hard overnight. incredible destruction and so many homes destroyed. and by the way, this is the second time that town has been hit by a tornado in just over a year. the storms are on the move moving northeasterly. a lot of cities in the path. ginger has it all in a moment. first, alex perez st
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the ride of his life. the shocking stowaway aboard this plane. look at that cat surprising the pilot midair how he managed to still make a perfect landing. we do say good morning, america on this tuesday morning. we have a cast to begin the show dan harris is extremely happy. my cats freak out when you turn the vacuum on. i don t know how that cat stayed in that plane. who knows? we ll find out. we ll begin though severe storms sweeping across the country. tornadoes tearing through the midwest overnight. you re looking live at coal city illinois hit so hard overnight. incredible destruction and so many homes destroyed. this is the second time that town has been hit by a tornado in just over a year. the storms are on the move moving northeasterly. a lot of cities in the path. gimger has it in a moment but alex perez starts us off in coal city. good morning. reporter: many here are waking up to scenes just like this one, the winds picking up all of this debris and s