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Survival Stories

From surviving 72 days in the Andes to living through a jungle jet crash, these miraculous true survival stories will amaze you.

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Hero Returns to Liberia to Give Back
Hero Returns to Liberia to Give Back

Forced from her home at 12 by rampaging rebels, MacDella Cooper returned to give back to the children of her homeland.

An Adventurous Woman's Fight Against Cancer
An Adventurous Woman's Fight Against Cancer

When cancer interrupts a lifelong friendship, two women find solace in the sea—and the strength to accept the unexpected.

Heroes: Close Call in a Hotel Fire
Must Read Heroes: Close Call in a Hotel Fire

In the chaos of a late-night fire, three students on spring break risked their lives to save others.


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  • 1How Did You Defend Yourself?
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  • 2Shark! How One Surfer Survived an Attack Must Read
    When a two-ton predator caught surfer Todd Endris in its jaws, an unlikely group of swimmers came to his rescue.
  • 3Heroes of China's Earthquake
    On May 12, a major earthquake jolted southwestern China's Sichuan Province. Located 100 kilometers from the earthquake’s epicenter, Juyuan Middle School collapsed immediately in its wake. See the school’s survivors and the heroes who risked everything to save them.

    To learn more and donate, visit the American Red Cross.
  • 4Heroes: Day-Care Drama
    A man with a gun, a roomful of screaming children -- and a mom who wouldn't back down.
  • 5Save Your Own Life Must Read
    How a chair, rocks, aspirin, and a scarf can keep you alive in 12 do-or-die emergencies.
  • 6Snowbound Couple
    They expected to be home by midnight. But when a blizzard blew in, Tom and Tamitha Garner's pilgrimage to photograph a herd of mustangs turned into a fight for survival.
  • 7The Slave in the Garage Must Read
    Sold by her parents and smuggled into the U.S., one young girl did a family's dirty work for two years. And then help arrived.
  • 8Lifeboat in Antarctica
    After her cruise ship sank in the Antarctic, one world traveler found herself on the ultimate adventure.
  • 9Heroes: Cliff Hanger
    Two fearless strangers save a three-year-old girl from a 1,000 foot drop off a cliff.