Extreme Rescues (2020)
Synopsis
Footage of real-life rescues captured by the rescuers themselves as they put their lives on the line saving others.
First Air Date: 2020-03-01
Last Air Date: 2020-04-05
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 6
Networks: National Geographic
Top Cast
- Tom Streithorst as Narrator (voice)
Seasons
Season 1 (2020)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Back From the Dead
Dramatic real-life footage is captured by the rescuers themselves. A kayaker in New Zealand fights to save his drowning friend.
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Ep. 2: Disaster Strikes
Dramatic real-life footage captured by the rescuers themselves. A caver tries to save his friend trapped in a flooding passage.
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Ep. 3: Bleeding Out
A freak accident severs a professional cyclist’s artery miles from medical help, a kayaker fights to rescue his friend who’s trapped upside down in white water rapids, and a backcountry skier is buried alive in a tree well.
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Ep. 4: Lost at Sea
Tourists struggle to stay afloat and find loved ones after a capsize in rough seas. Friends search for an expectant father who lost control of his BMX and plunged off a cliff.
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Ep. 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.
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Ep. 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.
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