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High technology means making the impossible possible. In fact, no one believed that the Intercity Express, which cost 50 million marks and was the pinnacle of German engineering, could ever derail. A technological marvel that, in a matter of seconds and against all predictions, turned into a mass grave. The Eschede disaster in June 1998, in which 101 people were killed, shattered confidence in the ICE model of the future.