Extreme Rescues

1 season available

Footage of real-life rescues captured by the rescuers themselves as they put their lives on the line saving others.
Disaster Strikes
S1 E1

A novice caver is trapped in a flooded passage; a helicopter crew strives to rescue an injured hiker from an inaccessible crevice; Australian fishermen are stranded miles from shore in shark-infested waters.

Bleeding Out
S1 E2

A freak accident severs a cyclist's artery miles from medical help; a kayaker fights to rescue his friend from white water rapids; a skier gets buried alive.

Back From the Dead
S1 E3

A kayaker in New Zealand struggles to save his drowning friend. French snowboarders race against time to find the friend who has been buried by an avalanche.

Lost At Sea
S1 E4

Tourists struggle to survive after a ferry capsizes; an injured caver is trapped where only dynamite can save him.

Sunken Survivor
S1 E5

Dramatic real-life footage captured by the rescuers themselves; a team sent to recover bodies from a sunken wreck finds one man still alive.

Hoisted From Hell
S1 E6

A rescue team fights through a storm to reach a fisherman whose hand has been ripped through a winch; and a crevasse opens up under a group of climbers.