2008
Grandfather and farm worker Curtis Minks crashes a truck load of soybeans on a remote country road. By chance medical assistant Jackie Johnson and her friend Brenda are taking the same road on their way home from work. Seeing the truck on fire by the side of the road, and Curtis unconscious inside, Jackie is determined to rescue him.
2008
Scot and Brenda Smithee take a catamaran cruise in Hawaii. A freak wave and gust of wind capsize the boat. Scot is thrown clear of the boat, but Brenda and other passengers are trapped in the cabin, now upside down. Debris blocks their way out. Scot joins enough rope to reach the cabin, and swims down through the debris. Everybody escapes successfully, pulling themselves out along the rope.
Mon, Dec 31, 2007
When a car smashes into a Gas station, after an accident, it bursts into flames and a bystander makes a split second decision to rescue the young woman driver, who is now trapped inside the car, to prevent her burning to death. With only minutes to save her from fire, heat and toxic fumes he knows if he makes the wrong decision they will both go up in flames.
Thu, Jan 31, 2008
It is business as usual at a sky jumping school in Peterborough in the UK. Mike Smith is taking a student, Richard Maynard, on a tandem jump. His friend Ronnie O'Brien is going to film this. As tandem jumpers move much faster than solo jumpers they deploy a small chute called a 'drogue' to reduce their speed, but as Mike deploys the drogue, part of it gets caught around his neck.
2008
Amar Jakupovic is trapped. His family's SUV has just plummeted off the highway bridge into Tampa Bay. The rest of his family managed to escape the wreckage, but the 7 year old is still trapped in the rear seat of a car, 15 feet under the sea. Kerry Reardon doesn't hesitate to plunge down into the murky water to rescue him. This is the story of an incredible rescue by a True Hero.
2008
When paraglider Amanda Loebenstein misjudges her landing and collides into a cliff she is sent crashing 400 feet onto the rocks below. As paragliders on the cliff top shed their canopies and rush to the edge, everyone assumes she's dead - everyone except one man, Innes Powell instinctively dons his Paragliding gear to go to her assistance, risking his life to save her.
2008
Terra Engler is home from college on Christmas vacation. But in the early hours of the morning fire breaks out in the family home leaving her brother trapped inside. Her stepfather rushes into save him but is quickly overcome by smoke and fumes. The fire department is on the way but they will not arrive in time. Terra is now their only hope.
Sat, Feb 9, 2008
The True Story of two Mid Western farm boys, Josh and Dustin. One day while playing in the grain, Josh accidentally looses his hat in the grain, and when he tries to retrieve it, he gets his hand caught and is sucked into the grain hopper. In the nick of time, Dustin's father Dennis Holden rescues him.
Sun, Feb 24, 2008
An afternoon fishing trip turns into a nightmare for Larry Humphreys when his boat collides with a speedboat. The speedboat driver is thrown overboard but his boat ploughs a circular path, hitting Humphries again and again. Lacerated and stunned by the impact Humphries is a sitting duck.
Sun, Jan 20, 2008
Sailing over the chalk cliffs of the Isle of Wight, a para-glider misjudges her landing and crashes into the rock-face. She plummets 130 meters onto the narrow beach below. The shocked onlookers on the cliff top believe that she must be dead. One man has the conviction that she could still be alive, but how can he attempt a rescue without seriously injuring himself...
Sun, Jan 20, 2008
A small boy is trapped in his family's SUV which has plummeted off a highway bridge into Tampa Bay. The rest of his family managed to escape the wreckage, but the seven year old is strapped into the rear seat of the car. A passing motorist wastes no time in attempting an apparently impossible rescue...
Sun, Feb 17, 2008
Homer Blacquiere, Dennis O'Neil and Martin Petre set off to the local restaurant on their snowmobiles, none of the men imagined the day would turn into the worst of their lives. While travelling over a frozen river Homer and Dennis smash through the thin ice into the freezing waters below. Neither man can swim and they quickly become exhausted as the hypothermia sets in.
2008
When 2 canoeists are capsized by a summer storm on a Canadian lake they are left clinging to their capsized canoe. Cold and exhausted they are not wearing lifejackets. If they lose their grip they'll drown. After 4 hours a boater Michael Williamson and his friends find them. Michael hurls himself into the churning waters but all he sees is a jumble of shapes and shadows as he is legally blind.