Impact: Stories of Survival Season 1

July. 01,2002

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Documentary

Trailer Synopsis

Impact: Stories of Survival is a documentary television series that premiered in 2002 on and was produced by the Discovery Health Channel. The program is based on life-threatening situations in which the victim experienced a moment of impact. Featuring video of the event, reenactments, and interviews with surgeons, doctors, and the victims, Impact takes its viewers through the full process of the victims impact, treatment and recovery. There is also a segment where a computerized animation shows in detail how the impact affected the victim's body showing how and to what extent bones, organs, veins, etc. were injured.

Episode 10 : Drag Race Diaster

September. 23,2002

Motorcycle drag racers collide; Air force pilot slams into runway at air show; Teenager injured in jet ski collision; Officer wounded in shootout with bank robbers

Episode 9 : Episode 9

January. 01,0001

Episode 8 : Bear Attack

August. 26,2002

Base jumper pulls parachute too late and hits water at 80 MPH; Man's head crushed between factory rollers; Snowmobiler attemps to jump a house and snaps his leg; Bear attack disfigures man's face

Episode 7 : Snowmobile Slam

August. 19,2002

Motorcyclist crashes at 180 MPH while trying to break land speed record in Mojave Desert; Snowmobiler fails to jump a ravine and loses over half his teeth; A snowboarder has severe frost bite after being lost in snow-covered mountains for five days and nights; Construction worker falls 70 feet and is impaled on rebar

Episode 6 : Rappel Gone Wrong

August. 12,2002

Cliff jumper's cord snaps, causing him to land on his face; Police officer wounded with exploding bullets; High school wrestler snaps his elbow; Man trapped in crashed vehicle cuts off his hand to escape

Episode 5 : Shark Attack

August. 05,2002

Woman falls off motorcycle during race and another motorcycle slams into her back; A fallen tree limb traps an injured woman in her car; A South African surfer is attacked by a great white shark; A Southern Pacific Rattlesnake locks onto a mans thumb

Episode 4 : Knockout Punch

July. 29,2002

Heavyweight champion paralyzed by blow to the head; Dog attack tears a woman's scalp off; Man trapped in submerged car for 30 minutes; Man gets hand transplant after a firecracker destorys his hand

Episode 3 : Demolition Derby Disaster

July. 22,2002

Story One: A fence pole is sent through a mans chest when he loses control of his truck and wrecks. Story Two: A female Gymnast attempts a vault jump, when her left ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) snaps in half. Story Three: A man get's trapped by his seatbelt in a burning car, during a Demolition Derby. Story Four: A 16-year-old is crushed by a 900 poud horse during a local rodeo.

Episode 2 : Parachute Collision

July. 08,2002

A skydiver's legs are severed in a midair collision; A teenage girl's arm is crushed under a pickup truck; Motorcycle stunt-man Doug Danger slams head-first into a concrete wall; A construction worker hits an underground power line with a jack hammer

Episode 1 : Stock Car Smash

July. 01,2002

High speed boat crash; Man scaled when pipe bursts; Luge racer Anne Abernathy crashes; Paramedic hit by racecar