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Seasons

13. Firestorm

May 1, 2003

Thousands are trapped in their hillside homes when a two-square mile fire ravages Oakland, California. With only narrow winding roads leading into the area, firefighters struggle to reach the blaze.

12. Swept Away

April 24, 2003

One of the worst nights of flooding in Texas history calls for an Emergency Rescue Team armed with Zodiac boats and helicopters to save multiple lives.

11. Camilles Wrath

April 17, 2003

A hurricane party is in full swing when the strongest hurricane to hit the U.S. strikes a Gulf Coast apartment complex, smashing every unit into pieces.

10. Trapped

April 10, 2003

A deadly fire deep within a mine in Idaho leaves two young miners trapped, and sends rescuers scrambling to get to the men before the poisonous fumes and intense temperatures do.

9. Heroes On the Potomac

April 3, 2003

A 737 stalls upon takeoff, smashing into a nearby highway overpass; police and helicopter rescue units, as well as passing motorists, attempt to pull victims from the icy river.

8. Thin Ice

March 27, 2003

Rhode Island fire and rescue teams are all that stand between certain death and two boys trapped somewhere below the surface of a frozen pond.

7. F-5

March 20, 2003

A killer tornado speeds towards an Oklahoma town, minutes later the storm is gone, but a path of destruction and countless victims remain.

6. Submerged

March 13, 2003

A car flips and crashes into an icy river, leaving one passenger submerged in the freezing water. A Vermont First Response Team has only seconds to react.

5. When Seconds Count

March 6, 2003

When a highly flammable grain elevator ignites, the explosions and fires produced are so intense, only FEMA's Urban Search & Rescue team can handle the disaster.

4. Race Against Time

February 27, 2003

Rescue workers and physicians must stabilize ands airlift the victims of a balcony collapse, after hundreds plummet during a holiday party.

3. Buried Alive

February 20, 2003

An Advanced Rescue Team races against the clock to pull two construction workers from the concrete rubble and rising water of a trench collapse.

2. Fateful Journey

February 13, 2003

Hundreds of emergency personnel, aided by passing motorists, respond to the worst passenger train collision in California history.

1. Ominous Warning

February 6, 2003

A San Francisco earthquake traps a woman in her home, encasing her in collapsed debris. Fireman battle raging fires and explosions as they race to her.

Description

Critical Rescue is a television show that follows and re-enacts various dramatic and brave rescues throughout time. A variety of rescue personnel are featured at dramatic events such as fires, race car crashes, and bank robberies. The featured stories are true to life, and the rescuers, paramedics, and doctors that are followed are real life heroes.