Escape from the Amazon

The Survivors: Yossi Ghinsberg and Kevin Wallace

The Dilemma: Would you risk your life for adventure - or for your fellow traveler's life - when a jungle trek turns nasty?

Three travelers embark on the adventure of a lifetime, but then must take unparalleled risk when their journey turns ominous and divisive. Initially out to explore the headwaters of the Amazon River, the three entrust their lives to a guide who claims to be an expert in the area, but who soon leads them all into jeopardy. As the four split into two groups to find a way out, one pair faces imminent disaster at every turn & and the other two will never be heard from again.

Soldier in the Snow

The Survivors: James and Jennifer Stolpa

The Dilemma: Could you abandon your wife and baby in a snowstorm?

A U.S. Army private is en route - with his wife and their five-month-old son - to a funeral out west when a huge snowstorm lands them in virtually uncharted territory. In this sparsely populated area, the private realizes no one will find him and his family, now absolutely stranded and also injured. But does he leave his family alone to track down help? And is there actually any help to be found?

Shipwrecked Sailors The Survivors: Brad Cavanagh and Deborah Scaling Kiley

The Dilemma: Would you leave a crewmember to die to save yourself?

A largely inexperienced crew  most of them strangers  set sail from Maine to deliver a luxury yacht in Florida. When a violent storm hits on the expedition, the five-member crew must take refuge in a life raft & bickering, some injured, and with no food or water. Who among the five will survive, and who among them is the strongest to make fateful choices?

Kidnapped by the Khmer Rouge

The Survivor: Chris Moon

The Dilemma: Captured by ruthless killers, do you chance an escape on your own, leaving colleagues behind?

When a faction of the Khmer Rouge kidnaps Chris Moon and two colleagues, he finds an opportunity to escape, but knows that leaving his friends behind will cost them their lives. Can the trio possibly negotiate safe passage with their bloodthirsty guerrilla captors? And if not, how can they plan an escape through the harsh jungle?

Kayakers

The Survivors: Saul Kinderis and Larry Kaiser

The Dilemma: In the worst of circumstances, do you leave your best friend behind?

On a kayaking holiday in Washington state's San Juan Islands, two longtime friends almost immediately face horrendous stormy conditions. When the stronger, more experienced one makes a decision to head for safety, will the other one survive while he gets help & or is he altogether abandoned?

African Safari

The Survivor: Greg Rasmussen

The Dilemma: Crippled and stranded, do you risk seeking shelter in a place that may explode?

A conservationist pilots a craft to find and stop poachers in a Zimbabwe national park. But he hits a windstorm en route, hurtling his plane to the ground &smashing his pelvis and both legs. Now that he is stranded in the middle of the African plains, darkness brings stampeding wildlife, and daytime brings blistering sun. Frighteningly, his only refuge is staying under his fuel-soaked fuselage - which could ignite at any moment - until he can somehow summon help & a seemingly impossible task.