When two policemen noticed two criminals robbing a branch of the Bank of America in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, they called the local police department for support. A gun battle lasting almost 45 minutes ensued; one criminal was shot dead, the other fatally wounded.
When thousands of Taliban surrender in Afghanistan, it appears the US has won a key battle. But the prisoners revolt and take control of the prison in a massive battle captured on film by news crews.
Elite British soldiers must mount a daring rescue in a diamond-rich African trouble-spot to save British peacekeepers and a Sierra Leone Army officer kidnapped by a notorious rebel gang.
An explosion aboard Apollo 13 in space resulted in the lunar mission being aborted and a subsequent emergency landing.
In 1995, Captain Scott O'Grady is patrolling a no-fly zone over Bosnia when his aircraft is hit by a missile. Ejecting from the fireball, he parachutes to earth, landing deep in hostile territory.
A fleet of 115 yachts sets off on the gruelling Sydney to Hobart yacht race. Twenty-six hours into the race and every competitor's fear becomes a reality - a weather bomb explodes in the Bass Strait.
Pablo Escobar is the world's most notorious drug-baron and set off one of the biggest manhunts in history. How will an elite Colombian force, backed by top-secret US military technology apprehend him?
Chechen terrorists storm the Dubrovka Theatre in central Moscow in 2002. With 900 people trapped inside, President Putin refuses to negotiate and a top secret plan is hatched to rescue the hostages.
An Israeli flight is hijacked by a gang of terrorists in 1976 and redirected to Entebbe in Uganda. Demanding the release of 58 international prisoners, they threaten to kill the 258 hostages onboard.
A Russian mini-submarine runs into trouble in 2005 in the North Pacific. With the crew trapped deep underwater and running out of oxygen, international rescuers begin a desperate race against time.
On March 4th, 2002, U.S. Navy SEAL Neil Roberts prepares for a nighttime mission in Southeast Afghanistan as part of Operation Anaconda.
Deep inside Pennsylvania's Quecreek mine, 18 workers descend for their evening shift on 24 July 2002. A few hours later, their lives are plunged into peril when one of the miners accidentally breaks through into a long abandoned mine.
Seven climbers trying to scale the slopes of Mount Hood fall into a crevasse and a rescue operation goes wrong, resulting in the deaths of three climbers and the crash of a rescue helicopter.
