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.
Tue, Jan 1, 2008
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.
Fri, Feb 1, 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.
Sun, Feb 10, 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.
Mon, Feb 25, 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.
12 year old Josh York is trapped in a trailer of flowing grain. With just seconds before he is buried alive in the suffocating wheat, farm worker Dennis Olson jumps into the trailer to try and save the boy. He knows he can't fight the power of the grain without support but a nylon strap running across the trailer gives him the crucial leverage he needs - until the strap breaks.
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.