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S1 E14 Officer Down

Documentary

TV-PG

49m

Jan 23, 2019

On the morning of February 28, 1997, two police officers in North Hollywood, California are on routine patrol. The officers see two heavily armed men wearing ski masks and body armor entering a bank.

Season 1, 14 Episodes

season 1 (14 episodes)

Critical Rescue,

On October 17, 1989, Sherra Cox leaves work early to unpack in her new apartment. Shortly before 5:00 pm, the building begins to shake. Cox braces against a doorframe as San Francisco is slammed by a 7.1 earthquake.

Critical Rescue,

April 24, 2002, is just another workday in Southern California until the 300 passenger Metrolink No. 809 collides head-on with a Burlington Northern freight line. The impact pushes the commuter train 334 feet backwards down the track.

On the morning of March 30, 1998, Paul Vevesco and Larry Knapp arrive at a construction site in Margot Florida to lay pipe. At exactly 9:30, the workers freeze as they hear an ominous rumbling.

Critical Rescue,

In 2001, hundreds of people pour into the Lonz Winery on Middle Bass Island in Ohio for a Fourth of July celebration. Leon Wyszynski and his wife Mary Jane dine with friends on the terrace.

Critical Rescue,

On June 8th, 1998 the DeBruce Grain Elevator in Haysville, Kansas is preparing for the upcoming wheat harvest. Steven Stallbaumer is working at ground level, loading fertilizer in his truck, when a deafening explosion sends him running for cover.

Critical Rescue,

On November 22, 1997, Caleb Record drives his friend George Place home from basketball practice. The roads in Newfane, Vermont are slick following an early winter ice storm.

On the afternoon of May 3, 1999, the National Weather Service issues serious tornado warnings for Oklahoma City. Known as “Tornado Alley,” this part of the country receives frequent storm warnings that are often ignored by its many residents.

Critical Rescue,

On Sunday, December 10, 1995, Tracey Martini scolds her two boys when she catches them playing near Spring Green Pond by their home in Warwick, Rhode Island.

Heroes on the Potomac,

On January 13, 1982, Washington National Airport is gripped by a mid-winter blizzard. Shortly after liftoff, Air Florida Flight 90 experiences a problem. The nose of the plane pulls up sharply, but it refuses to gain altitude

The Sunshine Mine, near Kellogg, Idaho became the setting of one of the worst hard-rock mining disasters of the 20th Century. Dubbed a “hot mine” due to its extreme temperatures of over 100 degrees in the tunnels.

Camille's Wrath,

Sunday night, August 17, 1969, one of the strongest hurricanes to make landfall in the United States struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast with devastating results.

Critical Rescue,

The night of October 16, 1998, will long be remembered as one of the worst nights of flooding in Texas history.

On rolling hills overlooking Oakland, California, thousands of expensive homes were crowded into a lush urban forest. The only way in or out of this little paradise was a series of steep, narrow, winding roads.

On the morning of February 28, 1997, two police officers in North Hollywood, California are on routine patrol. The officers see two heavily armed men wearing ski masks and body armor entering a bank.

Details

Critical Rescue

Documentary

TV-PG

1 Season

50m

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.

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