I Alive

201945m

Survivors tell their stories of how they made it through some of the worst disasters.

Production

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Seasons

13 Episodes • Premiered 2019

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1. San Francisco Freeway Collapse

The massive Cyprus Street viaduct collapses trapping dozens of people after a severe earthquake forces the entire city of San Francisco to a standstill.

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2. Joplin Tornado

A catastrophic EF5-rated multiple-vortex tornado strikes Joplin, Missouri late in the afternoon in 2011. As it cuts through the southern part of the city, the nearly mile-wide tornado intensifies in size and strength, destroying more each minute.

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3. Station Nightclub Fire

The West Warwick, RI, Station nightclub fire - one of the deadliest in US history - kills 100 people and injures 230 when a dangerous pyrotechnics display ignites sound insulation on the walls and ceilings and the blaze spreads with terrifying speed.

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4. Galveston Hurricane Ike

As Hurricane Ike built up steam, citizens in Galveston, TX fled its path in droves. But those who stayed behind got hit by a storm more powerful than anyone could have predicted.

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5. Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

A sleepy town nestled in the picturesque French-Canadian landscape is rocked when a 74 car freight train derails in its downtown.

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6. Damascus Missile Explosion

An accidentally dropped socket wrench punctures a fuel tank, leading to the complete destruction of a gigantic Titan II missile carrying a nuclear warhead.

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7. Italian Avalanche

A major avalanche kills 29 people and injures 11 others in Rigopiano, Italy in 2017. The avalanche - the deadliest in Italy since 1916 - decimates a luxury hotel with a destructive force so extreme that it knocks the entire building from its foundation.

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8. Mammoth Mountain Miracle Man

Professional hockey player Eric LeMarque is stranded in an out-of-bounds region of Mammoth Mountain, CA while snowboarding. His situation goes from bad to worse when the weather turns and Eric uses basic survival skills - building igloos and eating tree bark and pine needles - to stay alive.

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9. Hell on the Hayes

Wolf Wagner and Johannes Hoentsch embark on the canoe journey of a lifetime through the wilds of Canada with hopes of adventure when they get more than they ever hoped for.

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10. Wyoming Ice Cave

Newlyweds Spencer and Jessica Christiansen are trapped miles under a mountain on an ice cave exploration adventure gone wrong. As they grope their way through the dark, cold and damp cave the two realize there is no sure way out.

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11. Mount of the Holy Cross

High School buddies Tommy Hendricks and Matt Smith set out to scale a mountain summit in the Rockies over Thanksgiving weekend. But as the climbers ascend to the summit of the mountain they quickly realize they are in for more than they bargained for.

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12. Thai Tsunami

Boxing Day, 2004. As families seek the warmth of a Thai beach vacation, they are unaware that a powerful wave is building off-shore after an earthquake sets destruction in motion.

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13. Pennsylvania Miners

Miners know they have dangerous jobs where their lives are at risk each and every day. But as a mine shaft collapses on a group of 9 Miners, they quickly realize that rescue efforts will be nearly impossible.

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