History's Most Shocking

La controverse éclate lorsqu'un homme en quête de 15 minutes de célébrité sur Internet écrase son avion dans la forêt nationale de Los Padres. Le moment époustouflant où trois serpents géants tombent du toit d'une famille.

A construction worker is caught out on the ledge of a burning building. Two kayakers are swallowed alive by a humpback whale in a terrifying encounter that's happened before in history. A truck driver narrowly escapes his vehicle before it's hit by an oncoming train. A French Tailor tests his parachute suit by leaping off the Eiffel Tower in 1912.

Skydivers narrowly escape two colliding planes; a father and son are in danger as they drive through a raging wildfire; what to do and what not to do when stalked by a cougar.

A woman survives being sucked into a tornado. An out-of-control elevator reveals a long history of mishaps. A motorcyclist fights for his life as he is knocked down and swept away by a raging flood. And what caused the historic tsunami that struck Thailand in 2004, one of the deadliest disasters in modern history.