Action and Adventure True Stories

These true stories about people who've survived major disasters will have you sitting at the edge of your seat.

Snowbound Couple

They expected to be home by midnight. but when a blizzard blew in, Tom and Tamitha Garner's pilgrimage to photograph a herd of mustangs turned into a fight for survival.

Lifeboat in Antarctica

After her cruise ship sank in the Antarctic, one world traveler found herself on the ultimate adventure.

Plane Crazy: Daredevil Pilot

After three near-death experiences, this stunt pilot is still flying high on adrenaline.

No Escape

His co-workers were trapped belowground with water rising. Safety rules said: Don’t go back.

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1 HEROES: Day-Care Drama
A man with a gun, a roomful of screaming children—and a mom who wouldn't back down.
2 Out of the Wreckage
A wave of tornadoes brings death, destruction—and selfless acts of bravery.
3 Cliff Hanger
Two fearless strangers save a three-year-old girl from a 1,000 foot drop off a cliff.
4 A Trucker's Ride Through Wildfire
A raging Utah wildfire sent this trucker on the ride of his life.
5 Search for the USS Grunion
Decades after 70 men disappeared on the USS Grunion, a Navy submarine, their families kept searching. See photos of the remarkable search.
6 Launch of the Space Shuttle, Up Close and Personal
Launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-116, December 9, 2006.
7 "Man Down!"
Battling the raging house fire sent Donny Herbert into a 10-year coma. Then he woke up.
8 Over the Frozen Falls
Two men brave an icy river to rescue a mother and child.
9 A Pit Bull Face-Off
Zohnn Griggs could only watch as two pit bulls viciously mauled a man.