SOS: Extreme Rescue

Summer brings the crowds and the chaos. A power kiter is badly injured on the rocks and the rising tide is moving fast, turning a rescue into a countdown. Across the region, a freak storm sweeps in without warning, blocking an ambulance racing to a serious medical emergency with no clear detour. North Wales draws millions of visitors every year but today its beauty comes with a brutal price. The teams are stretched, the clock is ticking, and there is no room for delay.

A woman making a final, heartfelt trip to scatter her father's ashes on a notoriously difficult peak loses her footing and falls. Deep in dense forest, an elderly man with dementia has wandered away from safety with no idea where he is or how to get back. And on a steep, unforgiving mountainside, rescuers battle exhaustion to stretcher a seriously injured teenager to safety over rough and dangerous ground. Three desperate situations and every one of them personal.