Rescued

National Geographic
Rescued

Synopsis

Rescued - The gripping new series that does a 180 on the traditional survival genre. Telling dramatic real-life stories from across the globe using footage captured by the rescuers themselves. Putting the viewer into the heart of action for every second of the unfolding drama, and every heart-stopping twist and turn. Seeing through the rescuers' eyes in real time as they put their own lives on the line saving others.

Episodes

Season 1
  • Disaster Strikes

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    Rescued- The gripping new series that does a 180 on the traditional survival genre. Telling dramatic real-life stories from across the globe using footage captured by the rescuers themselves. In this episode a novice caver is trapped in a flooding passage, a helicopter crew need to find a way to save an injured hiker from an inaccessible crevice, and in Australia two spearfishermen are stranded miles from shore in shark infested waters.

  • Bleeding Out

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    Rescued- The gripping new series that does a 180 on the traditional survival genre. Telling dramatic real-life stories from across the globe using footage captured by the rescuers themselves. In this episode 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.

  • Back From The Dead

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    Rescued- The gripping new series that does a 180 on the traditional survival genre. Telling dramatic real-life stories from across the globe using footage captured by the rescuers themselves. In this episode a kayaker in New Zealand fights to save his drowning friend, French snowboarders race against time as they try to find their friend buried in an avalanche, and a helicopter crew in Canada are called to rescue a hiker on a remote peak.

  • Lost At Sea

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    Rescued- The gripping new series that tells dramatic real-life stories from across the globe using footage captured by the rescuers themselves. In this episode scores of 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, and an injured caver is trapped so far underground the only way out involves dynamite.

  • Sunken Survivor

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    Rescued- The gripping new series that tells dramatic real-life stories using footage captured by the rescuers themselves. In this episode a team sent to recover bodies from a wreck on the seafloor gets a shock when one man is still alive. How will they get him out before his air-pocket runs out? A hiker must rescue his friend who's being dragged over a waterfall, and a summit on one of the world's most iconic mountains almost ends in tragedy.

  • Hoisted From Hell

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    Rescued- The gripping new series that tells dramatic real-life stories using footage captured?by the rescuers themselves.?In this episode a rescue team fights through a storm to reach a fishman who's hand has been ripped through a winch. A helicopter crew pluck an injured mountaineer from an ice cliff, only to discover he's still attached to the climb ropes. And a party of mountain climbers is torn apart when a crevasse opens up, swallowing one.