Rescate crítico

During the 1989 earthquake, Sherra Cox becomes trapped under rubble; a firefighter braves fire and gas to calm her and lead her rescue.

On March 30, 1998, two construction workers are trapped by a trench collapse in Florida, and a rescue team races against the clock to save them.

En 2001, cientos de personas acudieron a la Lonz Winery en Middle Bass Island en Ohio para la celebración del 4 de julio. Leon Wyszynski y su esposa Mary Jane cenan con amigos en la terraza. De repente, la terraza cede debajo de ellos. Cien personas caen en picado 20 pies en la bodega de la bodega. JoEllen Ruehle está enterrado debajo de una losa de hormigón. Su esposo, Ken, tiene la espalda rota. Jack Conry, un amigo de los Ruehle, está inconsciente con un brazo dislocado. Joe Phillips está atrapado debajo de una máquina de bebidas. Mark Reighard está atrapado en una masa de hormigón. Trabajadores de rescate de tres condados diferentes convergen en la isla. Un bote salvavidas de 47 pies de la Guardia Costera y varios helicópteros Life Flight también responden a la escena. Los médicos y los rescatistas se apresuran a estabilizar y transportar a las víctimas a los hospitales.

June 8, 1998, a series of explosions at a grain elevator in Kansas leaves people dead, injured, and trapped in chaos that demands rescue efforts.

On November 22, 1997, after an accident in an icy river, two rescuers save a young man trapped in an overturned car in Vermont.

On May 3, 1999, Oklahoma ignores warnings until a historic tornado forces families to fight for survival against the fastest winds recorded.

In 1995 in Rhode Island, four children ignore a warning, the ice gives way, neighbors and rescuers desperately race against time to save them.

In 1982, a blizzard cripples Washington as a jet crashes into the Potomac after takeoff, and strangers risk their lives to save survivors.

In Idaho, a fire in the Sunshine Mine floods tunnels with deadly gas, and two trapped miners depend on a race against time to survive.

In 1969, a hurricane devastates the Mississippi coast as friends ignore evacuations, and a party in Pass Christian ends with only three survivors.

In 1998, floods strike Texas, and rescuers battle currents and storms to save lives trapped through the night.

In 1991, a wildfire sweeps Oakland hills, and a vulnerable neighborhood burns with no escape, leaving deaths, injuries, and thousands of homes lost.