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Critical Rescue 2003 (Action, Drama) All Episodes | 14 Chapters
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. But for the victims of a disaster, these courageous men and women are all that stand between life... and death.
Stars: Jim Cissell, Rick Hatfield, Scott Hoelz
00:00 S1.E5 ∙ When Seconds Count
Fri, Feb 21, 2003
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. With this much flammable grain dust in the air, the entire complex is a tinderbox. A chain reaction begins in the elevator and spreads to the silos.
49:11 S1.E6 ∙ Submerged
Tue, Mar 18, 2003
Vermont, November 1997, two high-school buddies are driving home from basketball practice on icy roads. Their car slides out of the road, flips three times and lands upside down in an icy river. The car fills with water. One friend manages to get out of the car and flag down other motorists to help his buddy who is unconscious trapped underwater. The rescuers slide down the icy embankment to try and save the young man from certain death.
01:39:23 S1.E8 ∙ F-5
Thu, Mar 27, 2003
On the afternoon of May 3, 1999, the National Weather Service issues serious tornado warnings via radio and television for Oklahoma City. Known as "Tornado Alley," this part of the country receives frequent storm warnings that are often ignored by its many residents.
02:28:31 S1.E9 ∙ Thin Ice
Wed, Apr 16, 2003
A Sunday afternoon's playtime turns deadly for two young brothers lured into a reckless dare. Rescuers probe the depths of a frozen pond, their hope waning as vital seconds tick away. Paramedics struggle to bring the boys back from the brink of death. To make a miracle happen, the medical team finds themselves walking on thin ice.
03:17:41 S1.E12 ∙ Heroes on the Potomac
Thu, May 22, 2003
Follows the rescue of crew and passengers from the Air Florida plane that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, DC.
04:06:52 S1.E10 ∙ Trapped
Mon, May 26, 2003
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, the very dry mine caught fire one morning, and began circulating deadly smoke through the tunnels where almost 200 men were working.
04:56:03 1.E11 ∙ Camille's Wrath
Thu, Jun 5, 2003
Follows the rescue of several people caught in the devastation of Hurricane Camille.
05:45:14 S1.E13 ∙ Swept Away
Wed, Jun 18, 2003
Follows the rescue of citizens trapped by a flood in Texas.
06:34:22 S1.E14 ∙ Firestorm
Sun, Jul 13, 2003
Reenactment based on the Oakland California Firestorms of October 1991
07:23:34 S1.E1 ∙ Officer Down
Thu, Mar 6, 2003
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. As the officers call for backup, Larry Phillips and Emil Matasareanu begin firing automatic weapons. Without body armor or automatic weapons, the police are completely outgunned.
08:12:43 S1.E2 ∙ Ominous Warning
Fri, Jan 10, 2003
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. The closet door snaps from its hinges and pins her to the floor. She grabs a pipe lying nearby and bangs it on the door. Outside the collapsed building, firefighters can hear her.
09:02:53 S1.E3 ∙ Fateful Journey
Tue, Jan 14, 2003
A Metro link passenger train collides head on with a Burlington Northern freight line. The impact pushes the commuter train 334 feet backwards down the track.
09:52:33 S1.E4 ∙ Buried Alive
Thu, Feb 6, 2003
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. Seconds later, the north wall of the trench collapses around them. Vevesco and Knapp are buried to their necks in concrete rubble. Terrified and in pain, the two men silently await death.
10:41:45 S1.E7 ∙ Race Against Time
Tue, Jan 28, 2003
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. Suddenly, the terrace gives way beneath them. One hundred people plummet 20 feet into the winery's cellar. JoEllen Ruehle is buried beneath a slab of concrete.
Published Nov 3, 2024
