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Tell Me What Happened
Every day we wake up not knowing exactly what will happen. A hike up a mountain or a float down a river can turn dangerous. A night out in a faraway land can end in the bottom of a ravine. A simple hug can save a life. And strangers can turn into heroes. Tell Me What Happened, the award-winning ori...
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Hiker Rescues Bridesmaids from Hurricane
Six hundred miles from where Hurricane Helene slammed into the Florida coast, a group of bridesmaids found themselves trapped on a mountainside.
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Musicians Rescue Hundreds on Sinking Ship
As a luxury cruise ship sinks, unlikely heroes come to the rescue.
Rose-Marie Howe was shocked when her cruise was interrupted by a blackout. Bu...
Pulled Free and Paid Forward
A simple drive home becomes a life-or-death struggle.
The weather wasn’t great, but Bryan Pederson was just a few blocks from home on a street h...
One Hug, Two Lives Changed
From a crowd of onlookers, one person steps forward to help.
A teenage girl named Maddie walked to a highway overpass and stopped. As dozens of...
River Outing Takes a Twist
A leisurely float with friends nearly ends in tragedy.
On a hot summer afternoon, Abi Sherman and some friends decided to cool off by floating d...
Rescued From a Ravine
Social media comes to the rescue.
Stacey Eno loves to travel. Her friend Mikey does too, and so they made plans to meet up and explore Bali. Aft...
From Tragedy, a Love Story
Something good emerges from something awful.
Chantal Melanson was a country girl from Canada. Austin Monfort was a college student from Califor...
Face-to-Face With a Hungry Grizzly
A fight for life in the Canadian wilderness.
Colin Dowler spent his whole life looking at the mountain named after his grandfather. Finally, at...
What Would You Do?
Tell Me What Happened returns for a fifth season of stories that will make you wonder, “What would I do?” If a grizzly attacked? If a cruise ship was...
Learning to Land on the Fly
On May 10, 2022, Darren Harrison was one of two passengers flying home to Florida from the Bahamas. They were still over the Atlantic Ocean when the p...
After Addiction, a Chance to Do Right
Justin Downey had a choice — change his life or die. At 16, he was addicted to heroin. In his 20s, he was in and out of prison. While serving a three-...
A 9/11 Miracle
On September 11, 2001, Stanley Praimnath went to work on the 81st floor of the south tower of the World Trade Center, same as he always did. When a pl...
Rip Current Rescue
In April 2023, Liv Titor visited Dreamtime beach on Australia's Gold Coast. What happened to her that day felt like a nightmare. After a quick swim, L...
Escaping the Hawaii Wildfires
Lani Williams and her mother, Sincerity, could smell smoke, but that wasn’t rare on Maui. Brush fires happen with some regularity. This fire, they qui...
Under an Avalanche
Bob Tillotson knew the avalanche danger was high when he set out with friends into the Utah backcountry on his snowmobile. But he also knew which area...
Trapped in a Flooding Elevator
When Gabriel Otrin and Klever Freire stepped into their office elevator, they naturally assumed they’d be able to get out. It was August 2018, and a m...
Badly Burned in Iceland
Nicole Rakowski arrived in Iceland looking for adventure. She left in a wheelchair. In February 2017, Nicole and two friends hiked to a natural hot sp...
Saved from the Nazis, Rescued from Ukraine
In 1941, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, the Bogancha family saved two young Jewish girls from Nazi soldiers, giving them fake identities and hiding them in an o...
A Panic Attack and a Calming Voice
When her crowded New York City subway train screeched to an emergency stop, K.Page Stuart Valdes melted in fear. She’d recently had a stroke nobody co...
Frozen and Fading in the Buffalo Blizzard
On the morning of Christmas Eve 2022, Joe White set out on the long walk to his job in the North Park neighborhood of Buffalo, New York. Joe has autis...
A Lost Wheel, A Daring Landing
Taylor Hash, a student pilot, had just taken off on her third solo flight when she got the shock of her life. Over the radio, she heard another pilot...
Hero Battles Hurricane, Finds New Family
Kristy Millar spent days preparing for Hurricane Ian, but when the storm hit, her family ended up trapped in their rapidly flooding home. They escaped...
Face-to-Face With a Great White Shark
Phil Mummert was in the middle of a perfect day of surfing at Bunker Bay, one of his regular spots in western Australia, until he was suddenly knocked...
Internet Sleuth Saves Lost Hiker
René Compeán had hiked in Angeles National Forest many times. So he didn’t think twice when he set out on one of his favorite trails for a quick hike....
Human Trafficking Survivor Gets New Life and Thrives
Suamhirs Piraino-Guzman was working at a job he loved, making enough money to provide for his family. At just 14, he was the father figure in his home...
Slackliner Saves Skier Hanging From Chairlift
Arapahoe Basin is a legendary ski resort in Colorado, and when it’s a powder day, skiers wake up at the crack of dawn to get up the hill for those fre...
Heroic Bystander Saves Handler From Alligator Death Roll
Lindsay Bull has worked at Scales and Tails for years. She has hosted numerous demonstrations with the animals at the facility, but one wrong move can...
Walking Through Fire to Save 65 Horses
Sixty-five horses live at Tamara Boole’s equestrian center. That is a lot of large animals to move to safety in a short period of time. But that’s wha...
Mountain of Mud Buries Motorists
Gabe Rosescu had driven on the highway numerous times and was used to driving in all types of weather. But the day Gabe took his then new partner of s...
R U OK? Virtual Friend Saves Gamer’s Life
A seizure can happen anywhere at any time. It just so happened that when Aidan Jackson suffered a seizure there was no one there to witness it or call...
12 Hours Trapped In Quicksand
It wasn’t the first time that Ryan Osmun had been hiking in a National Park, nor was it the first time he had hiked in the winter. Ryan knew what equi...
Tell Me What Happened is Returning!
Seven stories that will remind you just how kind strangers can be, and how you can help keep others safe, are on their way.
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Trapped by Fire, He Texts Goodbye
Driving through the Rocky Mountains usually means spectacular views and up-close encounters with wildlife. But on the wrong stretch of road at the wro...
They Nearly Drowned, Then Fell in Love
Nupur Gupta was enjoying a swim in the ocean after a day at a yoga retreat. But the waves, current and setting sun all added up to a dangerous situati...
With Floodwaters Rising, Help Swoops In
When Debra Ashton’s community was hit by a flash flood, her first step was to check on her senior tenant next door. When she came back outside, floodw...
A Helping Hand When a Winter Road Trip Goes Awry
When her husband was stationed in Alaska, one woman had to relocate her family from Georgia. It was a long drive across a foreign country, made worse...
A Mother’s Intuition Leads to Rescue
A German hiker has a dream of hiking the entire Pacific Crest Trail, from the Mexico border to the Canada border. All 2,650 miles, alone. Katharina Gr...
A New Kidney & A Big Surprise
We all interact with people in our day-to-day lives that we never expect to meet again: a clerk at the mall, a bus driver or the person sitting next t...
An Epic Journey Proves Too Painful
Jill Brown sets ambitious goals for herself. For example, one summer she decided she would paddle across the country from Oregon to Florida. Along the...