A new series that tells the real-life stories of people who faced life-threatening events, yet somehow found the courage and strength to survive against all odds. In this episode, Bridget Kelly is raped, shot three times, and left for dead by an intruder in her home; Daryl is caught in a freak blizzard that threatens to bury him alive in his jeep; and two boys, Ryan and John, survive a plane crash and maintain cell phone contact with a 911 operator as rescuers desperately try to find them.

Brandi and her friend offer a ride to man who turns on them. Joseph and two other men are stranded on a rocky, barren island for 13 days. And Sam and Suzanne are kidnapped by a hitchhiker who forces them to drive several hundred miles at gunpoint.

Christine's and Heidi's trip on a Greek ferry becomes a nightmare when the boat begins to sink and the crew abandons the ship, leaving the panicked passengers to fend for themselves. Debbie suffers a five-day ordeal at the hands of an attacker, who keeps her blindfolded and gagged, rapes her, and forces her to sleep next to him. And a simple act of kindness results in a vicious assault for Jim when he is brutally attacked in his apartment by his neighbor after inviting the young man into his home to chat.

Lonnie plays dead for four agonizing hours after her boyfriend chokes her and shoots her four times in the head. Rulon, a super-strong Olympic wrestler, gets stuck in a semi-frozen stream when he goes snowmobiling and faces a big decision -- should he wait to be rescued or submerge himself in the freezing water to save his snowmobile and find a way out? And when a wise-cracking federal prosecutor is abducted by men with machine guns, he uses his unique talents and personality to show rapport with his captors in hopes they'll release him.

When Dollar Store manager Denise is savagely attacked by robbers, one thing keeps her alive. Nick is stranded on a mountain in a blizzard. And Leonilda must quickly think of a way to escape when her boyfriend forces her into his car at gunpoint.

Wayne and Mary woke up to find their farmhouse surrounded by a cloud of lethal chlorine gas following a rail derailment. While Holly and her boyfriend Chris were taking a quiet stroll near the railroad tracks, they were accosted by a man demanding money.

Cari is brutally stabbed, beaten, and sexually assaulted by an intruder in her home, but knows she must survive the attack to save her son. And, a four-inch steel tow hook accidentally lodges in a Kevin's throat.

Three masked gunmen burst into Michelle's home and order her to rob the bank vault where she works or they'll blow up her little girl. And teenagers Troy and Josh take a small sailboat out to an inlet, when they get swept out to sea for six days.

Maria feared for her safety as one of her fellow employees at the hospital where she worked became increasingly volatile. Jerry swerved his car to avoid a deer and crashed over an embankment where a tree branch became lodged in his throat.

This episode tells the harrowing story of how two students and a professor at Virginia Tech University managed to survive the April 16, 2007, massacre at the school. One of the students, Colin, had to lay motionless and play dead as the gunman shot him four times. We also chronicle the amazing story of the Minneapolis school bus with 52 children that plummeted 45 feet when a Minneapolis bridge collapsed in August 2007. Trapped in her seat, driver Kim held the brake, keeping the bus from rolling backwards, as counselor Jimmy and his co-workers rush to evacuate the children, including Kim's own daughter.

A young lawyer must use all of her instincts to fight off an intruder; Sampson is a corn farmer faced with an agonizing decision; and Norina, a primary school principal, must fight off a crazed man with a machete to save the lives of her students.

A romantic walk turns into a nightmare for two young friends when a man forces them into his truck at gunpoint and shoots them both. A snowmobile outing ends in a near-death experience for two brothers when they plunge through the ice of a frozen river. A woman is brutally attacked twice by the same gang of hoodlums.

A heart-wrenching drama unfolds when a man struggles to save himself and his family from drowning in frigid waters and a female prison officer uses her strength and quick thinking skills to stay alive during the longest prison siege in U.S. history.

An ordinary Friday at the Seattle headquarters of the Jewish Federation turns nightmarish when a crazed gunman demands an end to the war in Iraq and shoots four workers. A criminal justice teacher is shot multiple times and poisoned twice by an unknown assailant. A young woman swims through shark-infested waters in a desperate bid for survival.

A single mother is kidnapped, stabbed and left for dead by three hardened criminals and her heroic survival is unforgettable. A long-haul truck driver must drive his 40-ton rig through the biggest fire in Utah History. A woman is stalked and brutally abducted by an ex-boyfriend.

After five ruthless highjackers take control of an EgyptAir flight and begin executing passengers, a woman silently says goodbye to her loved ones when the hijackers pick her to be the next one to die. A surfer loses half of the blood in his body when a great white shark clamps its jaws around his entire torso and shakes him like a rag doll. A young mother is repeatedly assaulted and strangled in front of her 3-year-old son.

A couple hiking in a national park must fight for their lives when they're attacked by a ferocious mountain lion. A young mother and her cousin are shot by a deranged gunman. A quick stop at a gas station threatens the life of a woman when she's taken hostage by a violent criminal on the run from the police.

A family is subjected to a vicious attack during a brutal home invasion; a rail yard worker risks his life to save a town; and a realtor is attacked by a man posing as a client.

A convenience store worker plays dead to escape her abductor. An endurance athlete faces her greatest challenge ever after falling 60 feet in a remote canyon. A couple put their lives on the line to protect their children in a home invasion.

A mother of three survives a prolonged attack from her estranged husband. A newly pregnant woman is horrifically injured when she is caught in a fish processing machine on a boat 160 miles from land. Ten people are held hostage in a library by a man armed with a bomb and a gun.

A pregnant woman is viciously attacked by a woman obsessed with making the unborn child her own. A couple cling to the rafters of their home as Hurricane Ike unleashes its fury on them. A woman fends off a man who has hidden in her family home for days.

A mother is jammed into a trash can filled with snow and left to die. A young woman scrambles to escape a pile up of injured bodies after an escalator malfunctions at a sports stadium. A bar owner is savagely set upon by three men in a random attack.

Three survivors from the ill-fated UA Flight 232 relive the terrifying moments leading up to and after one of America's worst ever aviation disasters. A young woman violently assaulted by two men displays extraordinary courage to flee her attackers.

A young woman is brutally assaulted then set on fire by her attacker. A man is forced to amputate part of his leg. An act of kindness backfires on a long distance motorist who is left fighting for his life at the roadside.

Two friends and their fathers fly to Mexico for a fishing trip, but turbulence forces their plane to crash land. Dawn is plunged into a nightmare when four men invade her house. And while working, Agnes is abducted by an armed robber.

Brent finds himself face to face with a massive seven-foot-tall grizzly bear that begins to attack him. Susan engages in a gun battle with three masked men. And Denise must fight for her life when she is brutally assaulted by a man.

A man survives 23 hours in the ocean after he gets separated from his dive partner. A woman is robbed and threatened by her best friend and her brother. And, a woman is shot and blinded by a man who then holds her captive in his home.

While out walking his dog in the woods, Timothy is attacked by a grizzly bear. Scott and Sean enjoy a fishing trip until a drifter arrives at their campsite, pulls a gun, and shoots them both.

Roger awakes one day to find a 40-foot wall of fire racing up the valley towards their house. Sydney, only 15 years old, bravely leaps 12 feet out of her house in a desperate attempt to escape two attackers.

A young runaway has her arms cut off in a horrific assault. A pregnant woman and her father flee a deadly firestorm. A woman survives multiple stab wounds in a drug fueled attack by her enraged boyfriend.

A family suffers multiple tragedy in a deadly home invasion. A mountain biker is mauled by a mountain lion, and a hotel receptionist goes into fight mode to survive a brutal attack by a man posing as a guest.

A 15-year-old is snatched off the street on an early morning run. A man goes head-to-head with a killer chimpanzee, and a woman is shot and left for dead in a freezer with two slain co-workers.

A pregnant woman is brutally attacked by her neighbor. A young girl endures years of abuse by a family friend before being abducted and held captive. And, an experienced hiker spends three days crawling down a mountain after breaking his ankle.

A couple fight for their lives in a terrifying home invasion. A lineman is electrocuted while working alone up a 35 foot power pole. And a woman makes a desperate dash for safety after being repeatedly stabbed by her ex-boyfriend.

A woman is left for dead when two terrorists storm the hotel she is staying in. A 14-year-old saves her brother when their home is destroyed in a tragic house fire. A woman is left permanently scarred in a deadly domestic abuse incident.

A single mom is attacked by an old classmate after spurning his affections. A gold prospector survives five days in the Australian Outback. And a woman is left for dead after being carjacked then shot several times at close range.

A doctor's assistant is violently attacked at home by a former patient. A man is attacked by a swarm of hornets on the roof of his holiday home. And, a boyfriend is shot and assaulted by his girlfriend when he tries to end their relationship.

A man and his wife survive a horrific plane crash. A heroic rescue bid goes horribly wrong for two firefighters caught on a drifting ice floe. And, a woman is beaten and left for dead following a violent home invasion.

A 16-year-old girl is abducted and assaulted by two gunmen. A deer hunter must drag himself up a dry creek bed for help after breaking both his legs. A college student is used as a human shield when a gunman goes on a rampage in his school cafeteria.

Attacked in her home by a man hired by her husband, a woman fights back, killing him. A couple and their children survive against all odds when their yacht hits a reef in shark infested waters. A restaurant manager is left for dead.

A California man taken hostage by Marxist rebels in Colombia survives by letting his capturers believe he's busy dying. Two teenage girls on their way home from school are abducted, sexually assaulted, stabbed and left for dead.

A woman miraculously survives three gunshot wounds to the head. A family outing turns into a nightmare when they are attacked by bees. And a school library becomes a killing field as two gunmen go on a shooting rampage.

Attacked and abducted by a church handyman, an elderly woman is left in the trunk of her car to die. Miners survive 77 hours trapped in a rapidly flooding coal mine. A student and his roommate are held captive by two masked gunman.

A boy wakes up one night and witnesses a vicious stabbing attack. A family is left stranded midair when the pilot of their small plane collapses. Twin sisters get caught in the line of fire when a fellow student goes on a shooting rampage.

A woman is lucky to be alive after being assaulted by a man who has murdered before. A family's snowmobiling outing on a frozen lake turns to horror. Two teenage girls encounter a killer, but only one survives the nightmare.

A missionary working in Haiti is ambushed, shot and held for ransom by a gang. A tunneler returns to an underground shaft minutes after escaping to rescue two colleagues. And a woman outsmarts her estranged husband who has been leading a double life.

Attacked in her home by her mother's boyfriend, a 17-year-old girl fights to stay alive. An experienced sailor escapes from a sinking yacht. And an elderly couple are terrorized by an escaped convict who holds them hostage in their own home.

A soldier's New Year's Eve turns into a nightmare when another soldier tries to kill him. A hunter breaks his leg in the remote New Zealand mountains. A girl comes home from school to find her sister killed and the murderer still in the house.

A young girl is turned into a sexual slave for a self-proclaimed prophet. An idealistic young man is brainwashed by a dangerous and racist cult and a young woman breaks out of the violent religious organization she has been born into.

A dream vacation turns into a murderous nightmare for a girl when she is orphaned and left to drown on a sinking yacht; a volunteer aid worker in Haiti is buried alive in a collapsed building; and a truck driver's life is threatened.

Kidnapped at gunpoint, Gracia and her husband are forcibly marched through the Philippine jungle by Islamic militants; driving in the Idaho Wilderness, Michelle is impaled in the neck by a branch; Richard is abruptly woken by a knife-wielding intruder.

A young girl is abducted and brutally raped in her car. A diver on a boat trip has a terrifying accident in the middle of the night. And a restaurant manager becomes embroiled in a violent domestic argument that leaves two people dead.

An armed robbery on a Mexican beach escalates into a horrifying sexual assault. An afternoon run in the woods becomes a battle for survival when a tornado strikes. And a Pastor is disemboweled and left for dead in a brutal home invasion.

A woman fights for her life as her boyfriend stabs her. A man trapped for three days in his basement with his arm caught in a boiler faces an agonizing decision--amputate or die? And a teacher is carjacked by an armed fugitive.

Acting as a good Samaritan to a 14-year-old boy, Danielle is shocked when the boy pulls a gun on her. While hiking in the remote Sierra Nevada Mountains, Amy is critically injured after falling 60ft into a rocky ravine.

A young woman is abducted by another woman who tries to steal her unborn baby from her body. A geologist is attacked by a 500 pound grizzly bear. And a woman is shot and held hostage by a drunk ex-Marine.

A young nurse is abducted and tortured by a serial killer who has already murdered four other women; a mother and her four year old daughter are trapped in the attic of their house by a flash flood.

After being abducted at knifepoint and gang raped, a seven months pregnant woman has her throat cut and is left to die; a man survives the terrifying crash of a Boeing 737; and an armed man starts executing people inside a warehouse.

A 15-year-old girl is abducted and raped by a serial killer. A photographer is trapped under the rubble of a collapsed hotel in the Haitian earthquake. A woman is beaten and slashed with scissors by a neighbor.

A canyoneering trip becomes a terrifying fight for survival when a flash flood launches three men over two massive waterfalls, and a 13-year-old boy is abducted and raped by a serial pedophile before being chained up in a buried box and left to die.

A mother and her two young children are abducted and taken into the Florida Everglades by a crazed attacker; a man is mauled by a hungry bear and fights for his life in the driveway of his holiday cabin.

A store manager and his staff are held up and shot by two killers; an 18-year-old has both his arms torn off in an accident on the family farm; a 17-year-old girl is kidnapped and assaulted by a serial killer.

On their first date, a young woman and her friend are shot execution style; two strangers' lives collide in a deadly train collision; and during one terror filled evening a 13-year-old escapes from the men who have abducted and assaulted her.

A young woman is abducted and put through a horrifying eight day ordeal by a man who forces her to live inside a metal box. Two brothers are struck by lightning. A propane truck driver is attacked while making a delivery but she decides to fight back.

A young mother is attacked and strangled by a man she meets at a party. A snowmobiler survives a series of avalanches but loses eight of his friends. A 14-year-old boy and his best friend are attacked by a 17-year-old who cuts their throats.

Abducted in the trunk of her own car, a woman suffers unimaginable horror. Trapped in the ruins of a tornado ravaged building a young woman prepares to die. And an eight-year-old girl is kidnapped by a man who leaves her to die in a field.

A machete-wielding intruder terrorizes a woman in her apartment; a savage attack by a grizzly bear leaves a man partially scalped and miles from help; and a blindfolded 16-year-old girl fights for her life after being abducted at knifepoint.

A gun-wielding man carjacks and sexually assaults two young women before one of them flees. A tornado sweeps through a man's home, dragging a sixteen wheel truck through his living room. And a 9-year-old girl is assaulted, kidnapped and held captive.

A woman is brutally attacked in her home by a man with a knife; a man spends sixteen days trapped in his car after crashing into a ravine; and two college freshmen are abducted by a gunman in their car.

Eduardo and Jayne face a living nightmare when Eduardo is kidnapped, confined in a small box, brutally tortured, injected with tainted blood and shot twice. Over seven and a half desperate months, Eduardo must fight for life as Jayne fights to save him.

Two women fight for their lives when a knife-wielding attacker ambushes them on a mountain trail and two men on vacation survive 14 hours adrift at sea after their ship sinks in 15 to 20 foot waves.

A teenage girl is seduced by a man and brainwashed into spending ten years as his slave; a hiker is nearly killed by a mountain lion and a woman is stalked and attacked.

A savage home invasion leaves a man fighting for his life in a burning house. An overnight fishing trip turns into an eight-day nightmare after a boat capsizes, and a woman locked in the trunk of her car faces a terrifying death by drowning.

A young woman is abducted at knifepoint and sexually assaulted. A farmer rips his own hand off to escape from a combine harvester. And a 14-year-old girl is left for dead at her home after having her throat slit.

A woman is attacked by her psychotic boyfriend with a meat cleaver. A man and his elderly father are stranded in the bleak Alaskan wilderness when their raft flips in a freezing river. And a young woman is attacked in her home.

A terrified mother is abducted in broad daylight and assaulted by a man who threatens to shoot her baby. A plane crash leaves a man swimming for his life 17 miles from shore. And a young woman must play dead in order to survive.

High on the drug PCP, a man goes on a rampage, stabbing his 11-year-old daughter and 2 neighbors; a man is beaten unconscious by his building contractor.

Two crimes of obsessive passion: A teenage girl is stalked and shot in the face by her jealous ex-boyfriend; a woman's controlling husband resorts to violent rape.

A woman working alone in a store is attacked by a customer who drags her to the stock room and stabs her 31 times; a doctor is abducted by a meth addict demanding cash; pirates board a couple's yacht.

An 8-year-old girl is abducted on her way home from school; a woman is viciously attacked with a knife and must scramble up a 100-foot hill to escape; a woman and her husband are shot while hiking.

A woman is taken hostage by her ex-husband; a man faces agonizing death by fire, covered in gasoline; a man's home is invaded by two masked men who threaten to blind him.

A fourth-grader and two teachers are taken hostage in a classroom with 151 others; a couple honeymooning in Jamaica is attacked by an escaped mental patient with a wooden machete.

A woman sees her father shot dead right in front of her; a crazed gunman slaughters seven friends of a pastor; an ex-boyfriend viciously attacks a young mother and her new partner.

A woman answers a desperate plea for help from an ex-boyfriend and finds herself trapped and repeatedly raped during a hellish four hours before she is strangled; a young mother is stabbed over 25 times after breaking up with a Hollywood actor.

A woman helps a motorist on an isolated road and is viciously attacked with a screwdriver; a woman is raped by a masked man; a young girl working at a convenience store is attacked by a customer who saws through her vocal cords with a serrated fish knife.

An intruder smothers a woman & hits her over the head repeatedly before stripping her naked & taking photos; a young woman walking home by herself is brutally knifed in the street by a serial killer.

Shannon's jealous ex-partner terrorizes her and their two-year-old son; Ken has to abandon his fishing buddy after their boat sinks in the Gulf of Mexico; Angela is sexually attacked at a public payphone.

A woman is kidnapped from her home, dragged into the woods, & sexually assaulted; a pilot and his friend spend 10 hours floating in the Pacific Ocean after their plane crashed; a woman survives being shot 6 times by playing dead.

A fake internet date brings a man face-to-face with a would-be serial killer; a couple fights for their lives when a black bear invades their home; a man wakes up to find his neighbor about to pound a sharpened crucifix into his chest.

An aspiring young model is sexually assaulted; a man trekking in Ecuador is kidnapped for five weeks; a family's movie night turns tragic when four armed people attempt to rob them.

A heavily-armed teenager goes on a killing spree in a Salt Lake City shopping mall; passengers and crew are forced to abandon ship in a ferocious storm in the Indian Ocean.

A college freshman is sexually assaulted at gunpoint on the rooftop of her building; a worker at a chemical plant is trapped by raging flames after a massive explosion; a young woman is savagely beaten and sexually assaulted in her own apartment.

When a woman leaves her husband, he throws gasoline on her and set her alight; a native New Yorker is lost in a blizzard in Idaho; a home invasion leads to a leap of courage.

A journalist is kidnapped in the mountains of Pakistan by a Taliban faction and held prisoner for 45 days, constantly afraid that each day is to be the day of his execution.

After witnessing their mother and grandmother being shot dead, and their father critically injured in their Oakley, Utah home, 2 young sisters are abducted by 2 men and driven off a cliff. A man and his friends are buried in a Montana avalanche while going snowmobiling. And a Concord, New Hampshire woman is held hostage at her law office by a man who has stalked her for years.

Two hours after detonating a massive car bomb in Oslo, Norway, killing 8 people, the bomber disguises himself as a policeman and makes his way to Utoya Island where 530 teenagers are attending a summer camp. During an 80-minute rampage, he stalks and shoots the defenseless teenagers. Sofie, Adrian, Rebekka, and Magnus survive the massacre, but 69 others die.

2 Canadian forest workers are attacked by a bear. In Pensacola, Florida, an 8-year-old and her little sister are abducted by their mother's pedophile ex-boyfriend. He drives them into the woods where, after repeatedly raping the older girl, slits both girls throats leaving them to die.

A disgruntled contractor executes the city officials he believes wronged him; a catamaran capsizes in the ferocious North Atlantic; a 17-year-old girl is abducted at knifepoint & repeatedly raped over 6 hours.

A stockbroker is shot 5 times by a former client; two sisters are stranded for 4 hours in an icy Alaskan lake; a woman is abducted at gunpoint by a man with a grudge against her family.

A routine drug surveillance mission over the Colombian jungle turns into a nightmare when Keith and Marc's plane crash-lands and they are captured by FARC guerillas and held hostage for five grueling years.

A woman is brutally raped in her car by a co-worker who has asked for a ride home; a tornado lifts an entire house and smashes it 400 yards away—with the family inside it.

Two best friends find themselves targets of a gunman who lures them to his apartment; a professional skier seeking untracked powder snow gets swept away by an avalanche; a disgruntled client walks into a stockbroker's office with a loaded gun.

Two Minor League ball players are hogtied and robbed at gunpoint in their hotel; a fishing boat carrying a crew of 26 catches fire and explodes in the icy Bering Sea; a 19-year-old store clerk is abducted and sexually assaulted at knife-point.

A 19-year-old student is chained up and sexually assaulted at gunpoint; a man swims over two miles in strong currents; a 12-year-old boy is abducted by a neighbor who holds him captive for two days and tortures him by twisting his ankles until they break.

When Hurricane Sandy hit the Eastern Seaboard, one man is swept out to sea in pitch darkness; a man is thrown overboard when the HMS Bounty starts to sink; a woman almost drowns as she escapes water floods in her house and a fire breaks out.

A young girl and her best friend are abducted by serial killers; two hunters crash their small plane in the remote Alaskan wilderness and are horrifically burned.

A teenage boy is abducted, sexually assaulted, and tortured; a nanny is attacked by a 14-foot Nile crocodile in a remote African river; a mother of two is abducted by a knife-wielding stranger who is covered in blood.

Four young Americans are kidnapped in Kyrgyzstan; a young couple's holiday in Thailand turns into a fight for survival when tsunami strikes.

A woman is raped in front of her children before being shot in the head; a man is bitten by a deadly rattlesnake miles away from help; at a popular swimming hole, a sniper shoots and kills three teenagers.

A gunman enters a Florida school board meeting and begins shooting hostages at point blank range; a 23-year-old newlywed is abducted and gang raped by partygoers at a remote farmhouse.

A young woman is stabbed, abducted, & sexually assaulted; a man is sucked up 50 feet in the funnel cloud of a tornado; a woman's husband is shot when her brother opens fire at Thanksgiving dinner.

A woman and her boyfriend are shot by her ex-partner and left to die in a burning house; a man pinned by his arm in a wrecked van faces amputation to escape; a young mother's neck is sawn open by an intruder.

A woman is sexual assaulted and imprisoned on a remote rural property; a young mother is abducted at gunpoint and subjected to hours of beatings and mental torture.

The mother of three is sexually assaulted, stabbed, and left to die in her burning home while her children are murdered; a man is carjacked at gunpoint, taken to a remote field, and shot when his ATM card fails to work.

A young woman is abducted by 4 armed men and sexually assaulted for 15 hours; two teenage sisters are attacked and raped while their uncle is shot by a masked gunman.

A Bethlehem, New York woman is attacked in bed with a fireman's axe by an unknown man after he murders her husband; A cook is left to die in a burning room after she is shot twelve times at close range by an unknown assailant in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

A Gilmer, Texas, woman is abducted from the prison where she works by a convicted murderer, and held captive at gunpoint for 26 hours on the run with him, sparking the largest search in Texas history; a heavily pregnant woman is stabbed 27 times at a gas station in West Swanzey, New Hampshire, by a man who accuses her of beating up his sister.

A man is held hostage on a shuttle bus with several others by a man with a gun for over 8 hours in Atlantic City, New Jersey; a Bullhead City, Arizona, woman is sexually assaulted and shot after a botched home invasion leaves her friends and her husband dead.

A 15-year-old boy from Bothell, Washington, is shot through the jaw and plays dead for three hours during a horrific school shooting; and an elderly woman, whose daughter deals drugs, winds up stabbed four times in her yard in Barnardsville, North Carolina, in a case of apparent mistaken identity.