Season 9
20 episodes
29 min. per episode
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A survivor recounts harrowing near-death experiences, revealing unexpected bravery and the fragility of life in shocking detail.
Episodes
A father out surfing is found unconscious in the sea, fellow surfers battle to pull him to shore and give him CPR as lifeboat and coastguard services join the rescue. A father is on the school run when a huge tree crashes onto his car.
Police and a flight attendant perform CPR at the scene of an accident on the motorway where a lorry driver has suffered a cardiac arrest. When a young boy falls from a tree, his mother calls the mountain rescue team for help.
A teenage girl phones her parents to tell them their home is on fire and she's trapped inside, her father braves the flames to save her. A young mum on the way to hospital to give birth starts having the baby in the car.
During a go-kart race, a teenage girl is sent crashing into a bridge with her parents anxiously watching on. A major rescue operation is launched after mother and daughter kayakers are left stranded on mudflats.
A man dashes into a burning building to rescue an elderly lady. A young boxer tries to dodge a car shunted onto the pavement at speed. A cyclist has a near miss when a driver fails to see him on a busy dual carriageway.
Series presented by Nick Knowles which shows the split-second moments when everyday events are transformed into disasters and meets the people who lived to tell the tale.
