I Shouldn't Be Alive é um programa transmitido pela Discovery Channel no qual testemunhas de acontecimentos de extrema sobrevivência relatam os acontecimentos das suas experiências.
Enquanto isso decorre um "filme", uma "encenação" produzida pela Discovery Channel para caracterizar as experiências.
I Shouldn't Be Alive is a documentary television series that airs on multiple networks in the United States, Canada, the U.K., the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, India, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa and the Philippines. I Shouldn't Be Alive is made by Darlow Smithson Productions, a UK-based production company.
The show features accounts of individuals and groups caught in dangerous scenarios, presented both through interviews and dramatic reenactments. The main focus is how the survivors survived and the decisions they made that kept them alive.
The series premiered on the Discovery Channel on October 28, 2005. Season 3 also airs in high definition on HD Theater. All episodes can now be seen in HD on DirecTV, Dish Network, or Verizon Fios. The show airs on Channel 7 in Australia and on Channel 4 in Britain.
On March 5, 2007, the Discovery Channel canceled[1] the series and made it part of the "Discovery Classics" series. The show was broadcast on the Science Channel starting in early 2008. It was picked up in 2010 by Animal Planet and new episodes started to air along with the old.
As of October 2012, production of the show is currently on hiatus. However, reruns of I Shouldn't Be Alive continue to air weekdays at 10AM (Eastern). As of February 2013 casting is occurring for the show through Animal Planet's website.
Season 1 (2005–06)
Episode 1 - "Shark Survivor"
In October 1982, 5 people got caught in a tropical storm. When their yacht sinks, they must survive in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean on a raft with no survival equipment. To their absolute horror, they find the area of the ocean to be infested with sharks. Survivor Deborah Scaling Kiley died on August 13, 2012.
Survivors: Brad Cavanagh and Deborah Scaling Kiley.
Deceased: Mark Adams, John Lippoth and Meg Mooney
Episode 2 "Lost in the Snow"
In late December 1992, Jim and Jennifer Stolpa, and their 5 month old son Clayton attempted to travel to a funeral. On the way there, they miss the sign that leads to the city and instead drive down an unplowed road into a remote region in Northern Nevada where they became stuck for 8 days until Jim walked to Vya, Nevada for rescue.
Survivors: James, Jennifer and Clayton Stolpa
Episode 3 "Escape from the Amazon"
In December 1981, Yossi Ghinsberg (Israeli), Kevin Gale (American), and Markus Stamm (Swiss), are three young friends who went to the Bolivian Amazon, where they encounter Karl Ruprechter, a man with promises of an Indian village. After a brief river rafting trip, Markus notices he has trench foot and the group splits up. Kevin and Yossi continue rafting while Markus and Karl hike back into the jungle, never to be seen again.
Survivors: Yossi Ghinsberg and Kevin Gale.
Missing: Markus Stamm and Karl Ruprechter
Episode 4 "Swept Away"
In November 1994, 2 friends by the name of Saul Kinderis and Larry Kaiser went kayaking in the Strait of Georgia. When the tide comes in, 1 friend (who was very inexperienced) falls from his kayak and fears that he will end up in the Pacific Ocean.
Survivors: Saul Kinderis and Larry Kaiser
Episode 5 "Kidnap in the Killing Fields"
In 1995, Chris Moon, a former British army officer involved in demining Mozambique, accidentally stepped on a landmine and blew off his leg. 2 years earlier, he was kidnapped by a murderous group of Khmer Rouge in Cambodia along with Mr. Houn and Mr. Sock. Chris now must help save the others with the only weapon he has: his mind.
Survivors: Chris Moon, Mr. Houn and Mr. Sock
Episode 6 "Jaws of Death"
In 2003, biologist Greg Rasmussen crashed his plane in the African savannah. With his legs broken in 6 different places and in a state of intense pain and loss of leg mobility, he has to make it alive past lions and other dangerous predators.
Survivor: Greg Rasmussen
Episode 7 "Trapped Under a Boulder"
In April 1997, Warren Macdonald headed for the remote island (Hinchinbrook Island) off the coast of Queensland, where he met Geert, a Dutch man on a deserted beach. Halfway up a mountain, a one ton slab of granite hits the environmentalist and pins him down to the bed of a creek. The Dutchman must find help for his new friend before the rain drowns him.
Survivors: Warren Macdonald and Geert van Keulen
Episode 8 "Ice Cave Survivor"
In January 1995, a U.S. Air Force officer and his son went on a skiing trip to Turkey. When a snowstorm arrives, they lose their way and the father must choose between staying with his son or finding help.
Survivors: Michael and Matthew Couillard
Episode 9 "Shipwrecked"
In 1995 2 cousins go on a fishing trip on the Gulf of California but a thunderstorm rolls in and they get shipwrecked on a deserted island.
Survivors: Mark Sorensen and Rob Rusnak
Episode 10 "Alaskan Avalanche"
In April 1989, Dave Nyman and Jim Sweeney are scaling a sheer ice-wall in an Alaskan mountain. Jim falls and is badly injured, and Dave is forced to ski down. Dave returns to Jim after a talk with some tourists and they both eventually survive 7 avalanches and a large crevasse together. A passing aircraft sees his SOS signal, but the pilot damages the landing gear while landing.
Survivors: David Nyman and James Sweeney
Episode 11 "Lost at Sea"
In September 1997, 2 friends, who sought to repair their relationship with their fathers, planned a fishing trip with their fathers in Mexico. However, an unexpected storm leaves them stranded in the middle of the Gulf of California.
Survivors: John and Jim Hawley; and Bill and Jens Lundy
Episode 12 "Crash in a Volcano"
In November 1992, 3 men, while filming a volcano from their helicopter, crashed after the helicopter lost control. Trapped in a crater of the Kilauea volcano and surrounded by unclimbable ridges and poisonous gases, they must send 1 of them to radio for help.
Survivors: Craig Hosking, Christopher Duddy and Mike Benson
Episode 13 "Lost in the African Bush"
In March 2000, 5 survivors of a private plane crash must survive the dangers of the desolate African wilderness. With 2 severely injured, some of the group must wander off to find rescue, but there's no civilization for hundreds of miles.
Survivors: Carl du Plessis, Neb Graorac, Mike and Lynette Nikolic, Costa Markanadatos (died years later in an unrelated flying accident)
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