In 1997, police officers in Hollywood were on patrol when they saw two heavily armed men entering a bank.

Episode 1, Officer Down

Factual

Documentary

When disaster strikes and tragedy seems certain, there is only one hope - Critical Rescue - highly trained teams of paramedics, rescuers and doctors. Their jobs are dangerous, their rescues dramatic. But for the victims of a disaster, these courageous men and women are all that stand between life and death

Critical Rescue

Series 1

When disaster strikes and tragedy seems certain, there is only one hope - Critical Rescue

Sherra Cox recalls unpacking in her new apartment in San Francisco when the city was hit by a 7.1 earthquake.

Episode 2, Ominous Warning

A passenger train collides with a freight train and forces the commuter train 334 feet back down the track.

Episode 3, Fateful Journey

In 1998, two workers arrived at a construction site. It's 9:30, they freeze as they hear an ominous rumbling.

Episode 4, Buried Alive

In 2001, a terrace at the Lonz Winery gave way and a hundred people fell 20 feet into the winery's cellar.

Episode 5, Race Against Time

Steven Stallbaumer was at the DeBruce Grain Elevator when a deafening explosion sent him running for cover.

Episode 6, When Seconds Count

In Vermont, 1997, two high school friends driving home slid off the road, landing upside down in an icy river.

Episode 7, Submerged

On May 3, 1999, the National Weather Service issued serious tornado warnings for Oklahoma City.

Episode 8, F-5

Rescuers probe the depths of a frozen pond after two young brothers are lured into a reckless dare.

Episode 9, Thin Ice

In this episode, the rescue of all aboard the Air Florida plane that crashed into the Potomac River.