Impact: Stories of Survival (2002)
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.
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Episode 1 - Mountain Lion Attack
Release Date: 2004-11-08Woman bitten in face by mountain lion while biking; Human cannonball overshoots landing pad and hits ground at 60 MPH; Man impaled through head by boat anchor; Rescue helicopter crashes into mountainside and rolls over crew member
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Episode 2 - Hit by a Train
Release Date: 2004-11-15Man becomes trapped underwater when his kayak rolls over and gets stuck in rocks; Man falls from four-wheeler and sustains brain injury; A man gets his foot stuck in a railroad crossing and is run over by an oncoming train
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Episode 3 - Chariot Crash
Release Date: 2004-11-29Skier tumbles down rocky mountainside and slams into tree; Teenage girl on ATV hits fence post and severs her trachea; Chariot racer sustains multiple injuries after being catapulted; Mountain climber falls 60 into crevasse
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Episode 4 - Propeller Smash
Release Date: 2004-12-06Racecar driver receives severe spinal fracture from crashing and spinning out at over 200 MPH; Airplane propeller slices through mechanic's head; 12-year-old boy pinned behind 1000 pounds of dry wall; Extreme skier falls over 600 feet down rocky mountainside
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Episode 5 - A Jump Too Far
Release Date: 2005-01-10Motocross jumper overshoots his landing and slams into the ground; Man in pickup truck hits metal pipe gate head-on and is impaled through the stomach; A criminal shoots a cop four times at close range and hijacks her car; A teenage girl is accidentally hit in the head with a golf club
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Episode 6 - Dragster Disintegrates
Release Date: 2005-02-07Drag racer's car crashes and disintegrates at 300 MPH; Camper trips and falls face-first on a pitch fork; A woman's heart stops when she is struck by lightning at the beach; Bull rider hit in head by bull's horn, then is trampled two months later
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Episode 7 - Photographer Electrocuted
Release Date: 2005-02-28Shark bites teenage girl's leg off; Metal scrap flies through car windshield and impales passenger through the neck; News photographer touches power line with antenna and is electrocuted with 15,000 volts; Jockey falls during race and is trampled by a stampede of horses
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Episode 8 - Paralyzed Player
Release Date: 2005-03-21A high school football player is paralyzed from the neck down after a tackle; Two victims are both shot in the head during a parking lot robbery; A car accident leaves a teenage boy impaled by a two-by-four and the removal surgery is caught on tape; Strong winds cause a skydiver to hit the ground with the impact of a four-story fall
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Episode 9 - Motocross Mess
Release Date: 2005-04-11Motocross jumper comes up short and crashes into sand dune; A hiker falls into a creek and is swept over a 40-foot waterfall; A teenager gets a blood clot on his brain after being hit in the head with a baseball, the accident leads to the discovery that his kidneys are failing; A robber beats a tobacco store clerk and hits her over the head with a stool
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Episode 10 - Tornado Survivor
Release Date: 2005-04-25Tornado winds hurl a wooden stake into a woman's neck; A veterinarian is bitten by a diamondback rattlesnake and no hospital nearby has the antivenin; A man's legs are severed when he is crushed between two trucks; Motocross jumper Brian Deegan crashes while attempting a stunt involving a back flip