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Season 1 – Situation Critical

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Modern history's most violent face-offs, terrifying battles and death-defying disasters.
Situation Critical — Season 1

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Episode 1 Aired Jun 12, 2007 North Hollywood Shootout On Feb. 28, 1997, Los Angeles police officers confront two heavily armed bank robbers. Details Episode 2 Aired Jun 19, 2007 Downed Pilot U.S. Air Force Capt. Scott O'Grady eludes his would-be captors after his F-16 fighter jet is shot down by a missile over Bosnia on June 2, 1995. Details Episode 3 Aired Jun 26, 2007 Apollo 13 The Apollo 13 mission turns perilous when an oxygen tank bursts on board two days after launch. Details Episode 4 Aired Jul 3, 2007 Hell on High Water A violent storm hits the 54th Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, leaving six sailors dead and many others injured. Details Episode 5 Aired Jul 24, 2007 Taliban Uprising Imprisoned Taliban fighters rise violently against the pro-American Afghan army. Details Episode 6 Aired Aug 28, 2007 Hunting Pablo Escobar The attempts to assassinate drug trafficker Pablo Escobar cost hundreds of lives. Details Episode 7 Aired Sep 4, 2007 Assault on Entebbe In 1976, terrorists hijack a flight and reroute it to Uganda, threatening to kill the passengers if dozens of Palestinian prisoners in Israel and elsewhere are not released. Details Episode 8 Aired Sep 19, 2007 SAS Jungle Rescue In 2000, the British government sends the Special Air Service on a mission to help rescue members of the Royal Irish Rangers, ambushed by rebels. Details Episode 9 Aired Sep 25, 2007 Moscow Siege Chechen terrorists seize a Moscow theater and 850 hostages in October 2002, triggering a deadly siege. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 19, 2007 Nightmare on Mt. Hood A single missed step by a climber on Mount Hood, Ore., leads to one of America's worst-ever climbing disasters. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 19, 2007 Russian Sub Rescue When a Russian mini-submarine becomes entangled in an old fishing net in the north Pacific, the race is on to rescue the crew before their dwindling oxygen supply runs out. Details Episode 12 Aired Nov 20, 2007 Al Qaeda Ambush Navy SEALs and Army Rangers struggle to survive while trying to rescue a comrade who has fallen from a helicopter in al-Qaida territory. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 3, 2007 Miracle at Quecreek On July 24, 2002 18 miners descended into the Black Wolf mine in Quecreek, Pa.; one miner accidentally broke through into an unused mine, unleashing 60 million gallons of stagnant water. Details
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Season Info

Network
National Geographic
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Documentary, History
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jun 12, 2007