A woman fights for her life when her estranged husband starts shooting at her through the door. A mother finds herself in a terrifying situation when her brakes stop working. In Georgia, a family returns from holiday to hear a horrifying sound.

A middle-aged woman holds an Ohio fast-food restaurant manager hostage. In Florida, it’s a race against time as first responders scramble to locate a young woman who flipped her car into a dark, flooded ditch before she drowns.

A young woman hides in a closet as an intruder enters her home; two women become trapped in their apartment’s breezeway by a wall of flames; a woman and her daughter try to fight off an erratic carjacker.

In Florida, a car chase transpires to rescue a hostage being held at gunpoint in her ex-boyfriend’s car. After being shocked by 14,000 volts of electricity, a Georgia man’s chance of survival is in the hands of his friend. A mother of three stands her ground in her Michigan home while two men break-in during the night.

A young woman calls 911 from under her bed while her family is held hostage by armed home invaders; police rush to rescue a woman trapped in her burning car; a kidnapper tries to steal a mother’s young children at a gas station.

A bride-to-be is trapped in a gully inside her overturned SUV; a terrified 11-year-old and her younger brother are home alone when their apartment goes up in flames; a mother holds an intruder at gunpoint.

An 11-year-old is home alone when a group of robbers breaks into his house; while driving on I-80 in Utah, a good Samaritan spots a burning car on the salt flats and moves into high gear to save the driver; firefighters plan a dramatic water rescue.

A Florida woman hides in her bathroom when a strange man breaks into her home in the middle of the night. In Western Michigan, a man trapped in his overturned truck calls 911 in a panic as the vehicle fills with icy water. When an unexpected storm rips through Brownfield, Texas, police race to save a young woman from the wreckage of her collapsed home.

Two sisters hide in their closet from men who broke into their home; an accidental leg amputation at an Orlando recycling plant has rescue workers racing to the scene; in Washington, police rush to rescue a woman whose vehicle burst into flames.

Near Fort Bragg, a brave young husband is forced to defend his family as a crazed intruder violently breaks down the front door and threatens his life. In rural Florida, a teenage girl clings to a tree and her life, to escape an aggressive alligator.

Police race across three states to catch a bus carrying a suspected gunman threatening to kill everyone onboard; in the mountains of Utah, a snowboarder is trapped atop a 12,000-foot-high mountain after an avalanche. On the coast of Florida, a toddler fights for her life after being found face down in a pool.

A woman's ex-husband forces himself into her Arkansas home; a New Hampshire man falls through the ice into freezing water; in Virginia, a seven-month-old baby girl is kidnapped from her mother's car.

A father and daughter endure a road rage incident in North Carolina; firefighters in Texas race to rescue a man who gets impaled by a steel fence pole; in Oklahoma, an armed man walks into an office building and holds two employees hostage.