A young woman is abducted by another woman who tries to steal her unborn baby from her body. A geologist is attacked by a 500 pound grizzly bear. And a woman is shot and held hostage by a drunk ex-Marine.

Teka/Robert/Debbie

Season 4

Danielle/Amy/Mark

A young runaway has her arms cut off in a horrific assault. A pregnant woman and her father flee a deadly firestorm. A woman survives multiple stab wounds in a drug fueled attack by her enraged boyfriend.

Mary/Brooke/Sharene

A family suffers multiple tragedy in a deadly home invasion. A mountain biker is mauled by a mountain lion, and a hotel receptionist goes into fight mode to survive a brutal attack by a man posing as a guest.

Terry/Anne & Debi/Earleen

A 15-year-old is snatched off the street on an early morning run. A man goes head-to-head with a killer chimpanzee, and a woman is shot and left for dead in a freezer with two slain co-workers.

Maggie/Gary/Barbara

A pregnant woman is brutally attacked by her neighbor. A young girl endures years of abuse by a family friend before being abducted and held captive. And, an experienced hiker spends three days crawling down a mountain after breaking his ankle.

Jessyca/Derek/LaToya

A couple fight for their lives in a terrifying home invasion. A lineman is electrocuted while working alone up a 35 foot power pole. And a woman makes a desperate dash for safety after being repeatedly stabbed by her ex-boyfriend.

Ron & Jill/Randy/Julie

A woman is left for dead when two terrorists storm the hotel she is staying in. A 14-year-old saves her brother when their home is destroyed in a tragic house fire. A woman is left permanently scarred in a deadly domestic abuse incident.

Rudrani/Tracey/Teresa

A single mom is attacked by an old classmate after spurning his affections. A gold prospector survives five days in the Australian Outback. And a woman is left for dead after being carjacked then shot several times at close range.

Verna/Theo/Debra

A doctor's assistant is violently attacked at home by a former patient. A man is attacked by a swarm of hornets on the roof of his holiday home. And, a boyfriend is shot and assaulted by his girlfriend when he tries to end their relationship.

Christine/Mike/Chris

A man and his wife survive a horrific plane crash. A heroic rescue bid goes horribly wrong for two firefighters caught on a drifting ice floe. And, a woman is beaten and left for dead following a violent home invasion.

Franklin/Jeff & Frank/Connie

A 16-year-old girl is abducted and assaulted by two gunmen. A deer hunter must drag himself up a dry creek bed for help after breaking both his legs. A college student is used as a human shield when a gunman goes on a rampage in his school cafeteria.

Brandy/Steve/James

Attacked in her home by a man hired by her husband, a woman fights back, killing him. A couple and their children survive against all odds when their yacht hits a reef in shark infested waters. A restaurant manager is left for dead.

Susan/John & Jean/Penny

A California man taken hostage by Marxist rebels in Colombia survives by letting his capturers believe he's busy dying. Two teenage girls on their way home from school are abducted, sexually assaulted, stabbed and left for dead.

Glen/Barbara

A woman miraculously survives three gunshot wounds to the head. A family outing turns into a nightmare when they are attacked by bees. And a school library becomes a killing field as two gunmen go on a shooting rampage.

Stephanie/Rich & Laura/Craig & Crystal

Attacked and abducted by a church handyman, an elderly woman is left in the trunk of her car to die. Miners survive 77 hours trapped in a rapidly flooding coal mine. A student and his roommate are held captive by two masked gunman.

Alga/Blaine/Lincoya

A boy wakes up one night and witnesses a vicious stabbing attack. A family is left stranded midair when the pilot of their small plane collapses. Twin sisters get caught in the line of fire when a fellow student goes on a shooting rampage.

Frederic/Henry & Becky/Missy & Mandy

A woman is lucky to be alive after being assaulted by a man who has murdered before. A family's snowmobiling outing on a frozen lake turns to horror. Two teenage girls encounter a killer, but only one survives the nightmare.

Sharon/Al & Linda/Misty

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.

Phillip/Tunnelers/Karen

Attacked in her home by her mother's boyfriend, a 17-year-old girl fights to stay alive. An experienced sailor escapes from a sinking yacht. And an elderly couple are terrorized by an escaped convict who holds them hostage in their own home.

Danielle/Deborah/Gordy & Betty

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.

Albert/Matt/Kristie

A young girl is turned into a sexual slave for a self-proclaimed prophet. An idealistic young man is brainwashed by a dangerous and racist cult and a young woman breaks out of the violent religious organization she has been born into.

Cults

A dream vacation turns into a murderous nightmare for a girl when she is orphaned and left to drown on a sinking yacht; a volunteer aid worker in Haiti is buried alive in a collapsed building; and a truck driver's life is threatened.

Tere/Christa/Brian

Kidnapped at gunpoint, Gracia and her husband are forcibly marched through the Philippine jungle by Islamic militants; driving in the Idaho Wilderness, Michelle is impaled in the neck by a branch; Richard is abruptly woken by a knife-wielding intruder.

Gracia/Michelle/Richard

A young girl is abducted and brutally raped in her car. A diver on a boat trip has a terrifying accident in the middle of the night. And a restaurant manager becomes embroiled in a violent domestic argument that leaves two people dead.

Tennille/Chris/Joyce

An armed robbery on a Mexican beach escalates into a horrifying sexual assault. An afternoon run in the woods becomes a battle for survival when a tornado strikes. And a Pastor is disemboweled and left for dead in a brutal home invasion.

Lori & Pat/David/Kevin

A woman fights for her life as her boyfriend stabs her. A man trapped for three days in his basement with his arm caught in a boiler faces an agonizing decision--amputate or die? And a teacher is carjacked by an armed fugitive.

Kristina/Jon/Amanda

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.

What would you do if you were confronted with death? What gives someone the strength to survive? Is it luck, chance, instinct? In a stripped-down, simple-yet-cinematic interview style, “I Survived…” allows survivors to explain, in their own words, how they overcame unbelievable circumstances — offering insight into what got them through the experience that changed their lives forever.

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