Extreme Rescues is dramatic real-life footage captured by the rescuers themselves. It puts viewers in the middle of the action for every heart-stopping second.
EPISODE 1
Back From the Dead
A kayakist in New Zealand struggles to save his drowning friend. French snowboarders race against time to find the friend who has been buried by an avalanche.
EPISODE 2
Disaster Strikes
A novice caver is trapped in a flooded passage; a helicopter crew strives to rescue an injured hiker from an inaccessible crevice; Australian fishermen are stranded miles from shore in shark-infested waters.
EPISODE 3
Bleeding Out
A freak accident severs a cyclist's artery miles from medical help; a kayaker fights to rescue his friend from white water rapids; a skier gets buried alive.
EPISODE 4
Lost At Sea
Tourists struggle to survive after a ferry capsizes; an injured caver is trapped where only dynamite can save him.
EPISODE 5
Sunken Survivor
Dramatic real-life footage captured by the rescuers themselves; a team sent to recover bodies from a sunken wreck finds one man still alive.
EPISODE 6
Hoisted From Hell
A rescue team fights through a storm to reach a fisherman whose hand has been ripped through a winch; and a crevasse opens up under a group of climbers.
Tom Streithorst
Andrew Parkin
David Skudder