About this season
In an instant, life can change forever and that moment will define who you are. More than just a retelling of heart pounding first-person accounts of the world's most harrowing tales of survival, these tales are brought to life with breathtaking dramatizations of the moment before and after life was forever changed.
Episodes (6)
1. Tragedy in Tornado Alley
Aired 18 June 2016 • 80 min
A tornado hits an elementary school in Oklahoma, and a teacher whose class was impacted shares her harrowing story in the second-season opener.
2. Murder in the Maternity Ward
Aired 25 June 2016 • 80 min
A gunman holds a maternity ward hostage, seeking the doctor who performed a tubal ligation surgery on his wife two years earlier.
3. Desert Dog Rescue
Aired 2 July 2016 • 80 min
A marathoner falls in a canyon and breaks her pelvis while out on a training run with her dog, and the faithful canine searches for someone to rescue its injured owner.
4. He Picked the Wrong Girl
Aired 9 July 2016 • 80 min
A nurse is abducted from her apartment by a man who forces her into his car and robs an auto-parts shop.
5. Hanging in the Balance
Aired 16 July 2016 • 80 min
A car gets hit by a truck and dangles over a guardrail on a California highway, and rescuers try to save a mother and two daughters trapped inside.
6. Buried by Bonfire
Aired 23 July 2016 • 80 min
In the second season finale, college students get trapped when stacks of logs collapse during the construction of a massive bonfire at Texas A&M University.