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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.