History is made in moments where life hangs in the balance; when split-second decisions mean the difference between disaster and survival.
A dad leaps into action to try to save an animal handler from an alligator attack. Two vintage military aircraft collide at an airshow in Dallas. Skiers are flung from an out-of-control ski lift outside of Russia.
A leopard goes on a rampage in India. A paraglider plummets to earth and uses his skills and fast thinking to survive. A woman gets a little too close for comfort to an elephant and suffers the consequences.
A construction worker is caught out on the ledge of a burning building. Two kayakers are swallowed alive by a humpback whale in a terrifying encounter that's happened before in history.
Controversy erupts when a man seeking his 15 minutes of internet fame crashes his plane into the Los Padres National Forest. The jaw-dropping moment when three giant snakes fall out of a family's roof.
Skydivers narrowly escape two colliding planes. A father and son are in danger as they drive through a raging wildfire. In 1992, things take a turn for the worst when a man tries to copy Harry Houdini and buries himself alive in a plexiglass coffin.
Why are people nearly getting hit by speeding trains all over the world? Chaos ensues when the wheels literally come off a vehicle going full speed on a busy highway. A snowmobiler is buried alive when he is caught in an avalanche.
A woman survives being sucked into a tornado. An out-of-control elevator reveals a long history of mishaps. A motorcyclist fights for his life as he is knocked down and swept away by a raging flood.
A pilot activates his ejector seat at the last second during a landing. The harrowing moment a motorist tries to escape a forest full of falling trees. A spelunker must use all his skill to escape when he gets stuck between a rock and a hard place.