A cross country skier is caught in an avalanche and buried six feet under the snow. A construction worker is buried for 16 hours under five feet of dirt by a trench cave in. A diver is trapped in a small air pocket more than one thousand feet inside an underwater cave. They all survived. Explore the science behind these unbelievable events that seem to be against all odds.
A snowmobile accident victim lives after his heart stops in an icy lake. A car crash victim survives after her life support is terminated. A patient recalls a surgical procedure in detail after surgeons have induced her clinical death. Learn how they defied medical convention to come back from the dead. A forensic inquest explores these death-defying stories - only science can unlock the mystery.