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Impact: Stories of Survival is a documentary television series that premiered in 2002 on and was produced by the Discovery Health Channel. The program is based on life-threatening situations in which the victim experienced a

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  • Stock Car Smash
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    Stock Car Smash

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/1/2002

    High speed boat crash; Man scaled when pipe bursts; Luge racer Anne Abernathy crashes; Paramedic hit by racecar

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Parachute Collision
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    Parachute Collision

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/8/2002

    A skydiver's legs are severed in a midair collision; A teenage girl's arm is crushed under a pickup truck; Motorcycle stunt-man Doug Danger slams head-first into a concrete wall; A construction worker hits an underground power line with a jack hammer

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Demolition Derby Disaster
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    Demolition Derby Disaster

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/22/2002

    Story One: A fence pole is sent through a mans chest when he loses control of his truck and wrecks. Story Two: A female Gymnast attempts a vault jump, when her left ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) snaps in half. Story Three: A man get's trapped by his seatbelt in a burning car, during a Demolition Derby. Story Four: A 16-year-old is crushed by a 900 poud horse during a local rodeo.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Knockout Punch
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    Knockout Punch

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/29/2002

    Heavyweight champion paralyzed by blow to the head; Dog attack tears a woman's scalp off; Man trapped in submerged car for 30 minutes; Man gets hand transplant after a firecracker destorys his hand

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Shark Attack
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    Shark Attack

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/5/2002

    Woman falls off motorcycle during race and another motorcycle slams into her back; A fallen tree limb traps an injured woman in her car; A South African surfer is attacked by a great white shark; A Southern Pacific Rattlesnake locks onto a mans thumb

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Rappel Gone Wrong
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    Rappel Gone Wrong

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/12/2002

    Cliff jumper's cord snaps, causing him to land on his face; Police officer wounded with exploding bullets; High school wrestler snaps his elbow; Man trapped in crashed vehicle cuts off his hand to escape

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Snowmobile Slam
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    Snowmobile Slam

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 8/19/2002

    Motorcyclist crashes at 180 MPH while trying to break land speed record in Mojave Desert; Snowmobiler fails to jump a ravine and loses over half his teeth; A snowboarder has severe frost bite after being lost in snow-covered mountains for five days and nights; Construction worker falls 70 feet and is impaled on rebar

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Bear Attack
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    Bear Attack

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 8/26/2002

    Base jumper pulls parachute too late and hits water at 80 MPH; Man's head crushed between factory rollers; Snowmobiler attemps to jump a house and snaps his leg; Bear attack disfigures man's face

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Drag Race Diaster
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    Drag Race Diaster

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/23/2002

    Motorcycle drag racers collide; Air force pilot slams into runway at air show; Teenager injured in jet ski collision; Officer wounded in shootout with bank robbers

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown