• Rescued!– Daring Rescues from Extreme Environments

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Rescued!– Daring Rescues from Extreme Environments

By: Quiet.Please
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  • Series Summary:In the most treacherous corners of the earth—deep beneath the ocean, high atop deadly peaks, and buried alive underground—heroes emerge. Deep Below & High Above explores some of the most daring and high-stakes rescues in history, where human ingenuity, courage, and perseverance were the only things standing between life and death. From the Chilean Miners trapped 2,300 feet below the earth, to the 2008 K2 disaster where climbers fought against nature’s wrath, to the USS Squalus submarine crew struggling for survival at the ocean’s depths, these stories prove that no challenge is insurmountable when the will to survive meets the bravery of those who refuse to leave anyone behind.
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  • Episode 3: DeepRescue – The USS Squalus Submarine Rescue (1939)

    Episode 3: DeepRescue – The USS Squalus Submarine Rescue (1939)
    Feb 27 2025
    Summary:In May 1939, the USS Squalus submarine sank 240 feet below the surface, trapping 33 sailors in total darkness at the ocean floor. With oxygen running out, freezing temperatures setting in, and the crushing weight of the deep pressing against the hull, hope seemed lost. But one man, Charles "Swede" Momsen, had spent his career preparing for this moment. His invention—the McCann Rescue Chamber—would be put to the test in the first-ever deep-sea submarine rescue. What followed was a race against time, battling the ocean’s deadly pressure, equipment failures, and the unknown. Would they make it to the surface alive, or would the Squalus become their final resting place?
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    22 mins
  • Episode 2: DeathZone – The K2 Rescue (2008)

    Episode 2: DeathZone – The K2 Rescue (2008)
    Feb 27 2025
    Summary:At 28,251 feet, K2 is the deadliest mountain on Earth—and on August 1, 2008, disaster struck. A group of 25 climbers from around the world set out to summit the peak, but delays, collapsing ice, and the onset of darkness turned triumph into catastrophe. A massive serac collapse wiped out the fixed ropes, leaving stranded climbers to descend in total darkness, without safety lines, battling exhaustion and the lack of oxygen. As hypoxia set in, hallucinations, confusion, and frostbite took their toll. But against all odds, selfless acts of bravery emerged. Sherpa climbers, a lost mountaineer wandering the DeathZone, and the Pakistani military’s record-breaking helicopter rescue became part of one of the most haunting yet heroic survival stories in mountaineering history.
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    17 mins
  • Episode 1: Buried Alive – The Chilean Miner Rescue (2010)

    Episode 1: Buried Alive – The Chilean Miner Rescue (2010)
    Feb 27 2025
    Summary:On August 5, 2010, a cave-in at the San José Mine in Chile trapped 33 miners 2,300 feet underground with no way to escape. For 17 days, they survived in darkness, rationing tiny portions of food and water, unsure if the world above even knew they were alive. Then, against all odds, a tiny drill broke through, carrying a note that stunned the world: “We are well in the shelter, the 33 of us.” What followed was a record-breaking, 69-day rescue mission involving NASA, global engineers, and cutting-edge drilling technology. BuriedAlive recounts the sheer determination, fear, and resilience that turned this near-tragedy into one of the most remarkable underground rescues in history.
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    26 mins

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