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College students Daniel and Danielle's bucolic riverside stroll is interrupted by a cruel killer/rapist in a truck whose attack dog proved kinder than he is. Fortunately, this repeat offender will finally be jailed for the next several centuries. Wisconsin brothers James and David look forward to snowmobiling after the first sufficient blanket of the winter. Unfortunately, the specific paths to ride on and the river are often indistinguishable, as is truly being "on thin ice." A real-life test of biblical proportions, one brother must be willing to sacrifice his life for the other--should it come to this. Pretty Chicagoan Karli is beaten and doused with battery acid in her parking garage by a gang. Minus "concrete" evidence, she deduces the leader is punishing her shady ex-BF, and moves 20 miles away. The ringleader can only be jailed on unrelated drug charges. Little justice for Karli, as months later, history repeats itself, yet far worse. Enduring over 200 operations in two years, and with accomplices free, we can only hope for Karli's continued--survival.

An ordinary Friday at the Seattle headquarters of the Jewish Federation turns nightmarish when a crazed gunman demands an end to the war in Iraq and shoots four workers. A criminal justice teacher is shot multiple times and poisoned twice by an unknown assailant. A young woman swims through shark-infested waters in a desperate bid for survival.

A heart-wrenching drama unfolds when a man struggles to save himself and his family from drowning in frigid waters and a female prison officer uses her strength and quick thinking skills to stay alive during the longest prison siege in U.S. history.

Along with her best friend Liz, Brandi Hicks was abducted by a man they picked up at a video store. The man killed Liz and showed Brandi the body before driving her to a deserted railway yard where he sexually assaulted and tried to kill her.

Christine and Heidi make it through a sinking Greek ferry that crashed on the rocks. Debbie is attacked and kidnapped by a man after he killed her husband. Jim is slashed by a crack addict neighbor and has to drive himself to the hospital.

Lonnie plays dead for four agonizing hours after her boyfriend chokes her and shoots her four times in the head. Rulon, a super-strong Olympic wrestler, gets stuck.

A young runaway has her arms cut off in a horrific assault. A pregnant woman and her father flee a deadly firestorm. A woman survives multiple stab wounds in a drug fuelled attack by her enraged boyfriend.

A family suffers multiple tragedy in a deadly home invasion. A mountain biker is mauled by a mountain lion, and a hotel receptionist goes into fight mode to survive a brutal attack by a man posing as a guest.

A single mother is kidnapped, stabbed and left for dead by three hardened criminals and her heroic survival is unforgettable. A long-haul truck driver must drive his 40-ton rig through the biggest fire in Utah History. A woman is stalked and brutally abducted by an ex-boyfriend.

A couple hiking in a national park must fight for their lives when they're attacked by a ferocious mountain lion. A young mother and her cousin are shot by a deranged gunman. A quick stop at a gas station threatens the life of a woman when she's taken hostage by a violent criminal on the run from the police.

After five ruthless highjackers take control of an EgyptAir flight and begin executing passengers, a woman silently says goodbye to her loved ones when the hijackers pick her to be the next one to die. A surfer loses half of the blood in his body when a great white shark clamps its jaws around his entire torso and shakes him like a rag doll. A young mother is repeatedly assaulted and strangled in front of her 3-year-old son.

A woman is assaulted in a home invasion; A man has a large hook embedded in his neck; A couple survive a mall shooting.

Three survivors from the ill-fated UA Flight 232 relive the terrifying moments leading up to and after one of America's worst ever aviation disasters. A young woman violently assaulted by two men displays extraordinary courage to flee her attackers.

A case of mistaken identity triggers a violent home invasion for Darren and Chastity who awake one night to find a man armed with a baseball bat in their bedroom. The gang member hits Darren over the head with the bat and then begins viciously attacking him. The arrival of their 11year-old son Dustin seems to calm the man who locks the terrified family in their bathroom as he ransacks their house. With his skull fractured and unable to protect his wife and son, Darren slips in and out of consciousness. The couple's sense of helplessness worsens when Dustin is taken from the bathroom and injected with methamphetamine then forced to help the man load their possessions onto a truck. As the second night approaches and Darren's condition worsens Chastity ventures out and manages to raise the alarm.

A lady is abducted and attacked by a former church handyman. A man is trapped with 8 other men in a coal mine that was full of water for over 3 days. 2 robbers hold a man and his roommate hostage in their apartment.

A young woman is brutally assaulted then set on fire by her attacker. A man is forced to amputate part of leg after it is caught in a drive shaft. An act of kindness backfires on a long distance motorist who is left fighting for his life at the roadside.

Denise is stabbed repeatedly by men robbing the store. Nick gets lost on a ski slope during a blizzard. Leonilda's ex-boyfriend takes her away by gunpoint and plans on killing her.

A missionary couple are abducted and held for ransom in the Philippines. A young woman is impaled by a branch while on a wilderness ride with her husband. A builder is attacked in his home by a masked intruder.

A woman's boyfriend tries to murder her in her home. A man's arm gets stuck in the boiler in his basement for three days. A young girl is kidnapped and abused by a stranger.

A heavily pregnant woman is viciously attacked by a woman obsessed with making the unborn child her own. A couple cling to the rafters of their home as Hurricane Ike unleashes its fury on them. A woman fends off a man who has hidden in her family home for days before brutally attacking her.

A 21 year old woman is abducted outside her home by a knife wielding man. A man and his family fall through bad ice while snowmobiling on a frozen lake. Two girls walking home from a party are attacked by a man with a baseball bat.

A bank teller is abducted at her home by a man with a knife and made to drive to secluded woods. A boat struck an unmanned barge at night and sinks with a group of five friends near San Diego. A man on a shooting rampage kills his wife and a restaurant owner and wounds the manager.

An 11 yr old girl survived on a raft after her family was murdered and the yacht they were on sank. A young woman survived a house collapsing on her after a 7.0 earthquake in Haiti. A truck driver's load was stolen and he survived being shot by the robbers.

Hear harrowing story of how two students and a professor at Virginia Tech University managed to survive the 2007 massacre at the school. One of the students, Colin, had to lay motionless and play dead as the gunman shot him four times. We also chronicle the amazing story of the Minneapolis school bus with 52 children that plummeted 45 feet when a Minneapolis bridge collapsed in August 2007.

While out walking his dog in the woods, Timothy is attacked by a 400-pound grizzly bear as his faithful dog valiantly tries to distract the bear. Scott and Sean enjoy a fishing trip on the Appalachian Trail when a drifter arrives at their campsite, pulls a gun, and shoots them both. And Stacey and her best friend must call upon all their inner strength and remain calm when an attacker invades their apartment and seems ready to kill them both.