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Against The Odds

Humans are resilient. In our toughest moments, we will fight, we will struggle, and we will triumph.

Episodes

Total: 198

After months in captivity, Jessica Buchanan is battling a kidney infection, and her body’s on the ve

As days and then weeks go by, Jessica tries to adjust to life as a hostage in the Somali desert, but

In the fall of 2011, humanitarian aid worker Jessica Buchanan is traveling through the Somali desert

Lorne Knight has died, and Ada Blackjack finds herself completely alone on Wrangel Island. She’s los

After one year on Wrangel Island, the five members of the expedition are alarmed to realize that the

In 1921, an expedition set out from Alaska for a remote island high in the Arctic Circle. With them

Sara Vladic was 13 when she first heard about USS Indianapolis while watching a World War II documen

By sheer chance, an American bomber pilot on a routine test flight has spotted the survivors of U.S.

It’s been two days since U.S.S. Indianapolis sank, and the number of survivors is dwindling. They’re

The nine hundred men who survived the torpedo attack on the U.S.S. Indianapolis are either drifting

In the final weeks of World War II, the Navy cruiser U.S.S. Indianapolis was attacked and sunk by a

After being taken hostage by members of the Al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the live

When the Americans finally act out and decide to fight for their lives, they’re left alone in an inh

Days without food or water start to weaken the young climbers as their captors push them further int

After being kidnapped by rebel militants in a remote region of Kyrgyzstan, four American rock climbe

In August of the year 2000, four American rock climbers set out to explore the majesty of the Pamir

When the 33 miners emerged to surface after 69 days in the depths of the San José mine, they set the

After sixty-nine days trapped underground, finally the drilling operations team has created a bore h

Two weeks after the collapse of the San Jose mine in Chile, 33 trapped miners find themselves starvi

After exploring possible escape routes and finding them all blocked, the 33 miners must face the tru