Season 1 |
| 1 :01x01 - North Hollywood Shoot-out (Jun/12/2007) | | Recalling a Feb. 28, 1997, L.A. bank robbery and the subsequent shoot-out between police and two notorious criminals dubbed the “High Incident Bandits.” It was “one of the most violent gun battles in modern police history,” says narrator Rufus Jones. Both gunmen were killed and 15 people were injured, including 10 police officers. | |
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| 2 :01x02 - Downed Pilot (Jun/19/2007) | | Former U.S. Air Force pilot Scott O'Grady recalls his six-day struggle to survive in Bosnia after his F-16 was shot down on June 2, 1995, by a Serb missile while he was patrolling a NATO imposed no-fly zone. | |
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| 3 :01x03 - Apollo 13 (Jun/26/2007) | | Apollo 13 crew members James Lovell and Fred Haise discuss their ill-fated trip to space and the emergency return to Earth after an on board explosion disabled the ship two days after its April 11, 1970, launch. | |
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| 4 :01x04 - Hell on High Water (Jul/03/2007) | | An account of 1998's Sydney to Hobart yacht race, which became one of the worst sporting tragedies in history when a violent storm left six sailors dead and many more injured. Included: helicopter-rescue footage. | |
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| 5 :01x05 - Operation Certain Death (Jul/17/2007) | | A look at a hostage crisis in which 11 members of the Royal Irish Regiment were abducted on Aug. 25, 2000, in Sierra Leone by a band of rebels called the “West Side Boys,” and the subsequent rescue mission by the British military. | |
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| 6 :01x06 - Taliban Uprising (Jul/24/2007) | | A look at the Nov. 25-Dec. 1, 2001 uprising of Taliban prisoners in the Afghanistan compound of Qala-i-Jangi, which left a majority of the prisoners dead. Included: California-native-turned-Taliban-fighter John Walker Lindh. | |
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| 7 :01x07 - Killing Pablo (Aug/28/2007) | | Recalling the massive manhunt for Colombian drug baron Pablo Escobar, the notorious head of the Medellín Cartel, who was killed in 1993. | |
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| 8 :01x08 - Moscow Siege (Sep/25/2007) | | Recalling the October 2002 hostage crisis in Moscow's Dubrovka Theater, in which a group of Chechen rebels demanded independence from Russia and held more than 900 people for almost three days. | |
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| 9 :01x09 - Nightmare on Mt. Hood (Nov/19/2007) | | A May 30, 2002, mountain-climbing disaster on Oregon's Mt. Hood and the subsequent crash of a military rescue helicopter are recalled. | |
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| 10 :01x10 - Al Qaeda Ambush (Nov/20/2007) | | Detailing the March 2002 battle of Takur Ghar in southeastern Afghanistan, when a group of Navy SEALs came under attack by Al Qaeda fighters while trying to secure a mountain-top observation point. Seven soldiers lost their lives in what is considered one of the bloodiest battles for U.S. forces in the Afghan war. | | Director: Marc Tiley | |
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| 11 :01x11 - Coal Mine Disaster (Feb/12/2008) | | A look at the Quecreek mine rescue in Somerset County, Pa back in July 2002, where nine miners were trapped for 70 hours underground when millions of gallons of water from an abandoned mine caused a flood. | |
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