In January 2006, Ricky Megee set off across Western Australia for what should have been a routine drive to a new job. Instead, a wrong turn and a series of devastating missteps left him stranded deep in the unforgiving Australian outback. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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A shattered leg. A storm closing in. Two climbers roped together on an impossible slope. This is the story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, whose 1985 Siula Grande expedition became one of the greatest survival tales in mountaineering history. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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In November 1942, a quiet ship’s steward named Poon Lim was thrust into one of the greatest survival trials in maritime history. After his vessel was torpedoed in the South Atlantic, he found himself alone on a wooden raft with almost no supplies and thousands of miles of open ocean in every direction. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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In 1704, a Scottish sailor named Alexander Selkirk made a decision that would change the course of his life. Fearing his ship was unfit for the voyage ahead, he demanded to be left ashore on a remote island in the South Pacific. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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In 1982, Debbie Kiley set out on what was supposed to be a routine yacht delivery trip from Maine to Florida. Instead, she found herself fighting for her life when a sudden storm capsized the boat, leaving her and her crewmates stranded in the open Atlantic with no supplies. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake struck Japan, triggering a devastating tsunami that swept entire towns into the sea. Among the countless lives upended was Hiromitsu Shinkawa, a 60-year-old man from Fukushima, who found himself clinging to the roof of his home as it was carried miles offshore. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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On December 31, 2011, Australian traveler Erin Langworthy leapt from Victoria Falls Bridge in a bungee jump meant to cap off her adventure through southern Africa. But when her cord snapped, she plunged into the raging Zambezi River, still tethered and fighting to survive. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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In May 2013, off the coast of Nigeria, a routine day at sea turned into an unthinkable nightmare for ship’s cook Harrison Okene. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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In 2001, a six-year-old girl vanished while hiking with her grandparents in the dense wilderness of Arkansas’s Ozark National Forest. For more than 48 hours, rescuers searched desperately, fearing the worst. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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In March 2025, 41-year-old Brieonna Cassell, a mother of three, embarked on what seemed like an ordinary drive in rural Newton County, Indiana. After falling asleep at the wheel, she veered off the road into a hidden ditch that concealed her vehicle from passersby. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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