A Florida woman fights for her life when her estranged husband starts shooting at her through the front door; a young mother finds herself in a terrifying situation when her brakes stop working on a busy highway.
A young woman hides in a closet as an intruder enters her home; two women become trapped in their apartment's breezeway by a wall of flames; a woman and her daughter try to fight off an erratic carjacker.
A car chase transpires to rescue a hostage being held at gunpoint in her ex-boyfriend's car; a man is shocked by 14,000 volts of electricity; a mother of three stands her ground in her home while two men break in during the night.
A young woman calls 911 from under her bed while her family is held hostage by armed home invaders; police rush to rescue a woman trapped in her burning car; a kidnapper tries to steal a mother's young children at a gas station.
A bride-to-be is trapped in a gully inside her overturned SUV; a terrified 11-year-old and her younger brother are home alone when their apartment goes up in flames; a mother holds an intruder at gunpoint.
An 11-year-old is home alone when a group of robbers breaks into his house; while driving on I-80 in Utah, a good Samaritan spots a burning car on the salt flats and moves into high gear to save the driver; firefighters plan a dramatic water rescue.
). A Florida woman hides in her bathroom when a strange man breaks into her home in the middle of the night. In Western Michigan, a man trapped in his overturned truck calls 911 in a panic as the vehicle fills with icy water.
Two sisters hide in their closet from men who broke into their home; an accidental leg amputation at an Orlando recycling plant has rescue workers racing to the scene; in Washington, police rush to rescue a woman whose vehicle burst into flames.
A husband defends his family from an intruder who breaks down the front door; in rural Florida, a teenage girl clings to a tree to escape an aggressive alligator; Indiana firefighters race to rescue a couple trapped in their blazing house.
Police race across three states to catch a bus carrying a suspected gunman threatening to kill everyone onboard; in the mountains of Utah, a snowboarder is trapped atop a 12,000-foot-high mountain after an avalanche; and more.
A woman's ex-husband forces himself into her Arkansas home; a New Hampshire man falls through the ice into freezing water; in Virginia, a seven-month-old baby is kidnapped from her mother's car.
A father and daughter endure a road rage incident in North Carolina; firefighters in Texas race to rescue a man who gets impaled by a steel fence pole; in Oklahoma, an armed man walks into an office building and holds two employees hostage.
A mother and her son hide in a closet when an intruder enters their home; a hiker is buried under a mountain of snow; two teens on spring break witness a fiery car crash.
A customer tries to gain access to a sporting goods store's weapons; an ice cave crashes down upon two teens; a tanning salon employee and a patron meet a dark-hearted individual.
A young woman calls for help when she sees two men crawl over her back fence; an AMBER Alert helps a woman spot a child and his kidnapper; a man wielding a machete forces his way into his ex-wife's home.
A cabbie's violent passenger returns while she is on the phone with 911; a teenager confronts an intruder in his home with makeshift weapons; a pregnant woman is trapped in a fire when she realizes she may not be alone.
Two home invaders wearing ninja masks interrupt a man's breakfast; a college student is abducted by her former boyfriend; a woman hides in a closet as an intruder breaks into her home.
A single mother considers using her gun against a possible rapist; a lone gunman creates chaos in a sporting goods store; an Oklahoma grandmother encounters an intruder.
A pregnant Denver woman is attacked by a stalker; two Indiana girls fall through the ice on a frozen lake; an ex-boyfriend terrorizes a woman during a high-speed highway pursuit.