Survivors - True Stories

By: Studio Minuit
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  • These stories are all unbelievable, yet true. People like you and me have found ourselves in extreme, desperate, dangerous situations, and yet, they have pulled through. Why did they do it? How did they do it? By their ingenuity, their courage, their willpower, all the resources that we carry within us and of which we are not necessarily aware. Each story in "Survivors, True Stories" has a happy ending. So, what about you, in the same situations as our ordinary heroes, do you think you can get through it? These stories are proof that life is sometimes full of hardships, but that there are ways to overcome them, including determination, willpower, mental toughness, and sometimes luck and chance. We have all experienced decisive moments in our lives. Some have made us better. "Survivors : True Stories" is proof that no one is immune to challenges in this life. In these inspiring stories, you will discover:Leonid Rogozov, the doctor who performed appendicitis surgery alone in AntarcticaRicky Megee, who survived 71 days alone in the Australian desertIsabel Godin, who traveled 2,000 miles through the jungle to find her husbandAda Blackjack, who survived alone on a remote island, Wrangel Island, for two yearsand many other incredible stories...


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Episodes
  • Aron Ralston, hostage of a rock

    Aron Ralston, hostage of a rock
    Sep 25 2024

    On this particular day, Salt Lake City's emergency services call on Sergeant Mitch Vetere. Accustomed to rescuing lost hikers, he goes to the scene they tell him of without any anxiety. In his 35 years of service however, he has never experienced this...


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    6 mins
  • The autistic child and the river

    The autistic child and the river
    Sep 21 2024

    It's September 2nd 2021. A family reports the disappearance of their little boy, Anthony, in the community of Putty, in New South Wales, Australia. Quickly, law enforcement sets up a strategy to find this little tot, but it's not going to be easy. There are 3 major problems. He is only 3 years old, he suffers from autism, and above all, Anthony is alone in the bush, an infertile desert known to be deadly...


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    5 mins
  • Thirty years of war, or nothing

    Thirty years of war, or nothing
    Sep 18 2024

    Obeying the orders of a superior in the army? Yes! But for how long? This is the question that Hiroo Onoda, born in Kamekawa, Japan, on March 19th 1922, should have asked himself. Growing up with his six brothers and sisters, he began working at the age of17 at the Tajima-Yoko Nail Polish Import and Export Company. At the age of 20, when he was called up for military service, his fate changed. Assigned to the 218th infantry regiment in Nanchang, he underwent several months of intensive training to become a real warrior... And he was very obedient !


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    4 mins

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