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00:04Every minute of every day, cameras across the globe are recording, capturing the unexpected
00:13and the truly jaw-dropping moments in our lives.
00:17Oh, my God!
00:18We meet the people behind the clips that went viral.
00:23I was preparing myself in my head to die.
00:27This is probably going to be it.
00:30To hear their incredible stories.
00:34I survived.
00:36The whale was totally unharmed, and what an experience.
00:41It's gone wild.
00:44From those who've cheated death.
00:46You can't really open a parachute any lower than that without dying.
00:52To the heroes saving lives.
00:54Get her out of there!
00:55There's no way I was going to let her perish in that fire.
00:59And amazing animal antics.
01:02I saw, like, two of their little fur balls, and that's when I realized, like, oh, my gosh, she has
01:06cubs.
01:07These are the moments you'd never believe if they weren't caught on camera.
01:14I think, did that really happen?
01:16And I'm still living.
01:17Yeah, I'm amazed.
01:33Oh, dear God.
01:34Coming up, a mountain adventure goes wrong.
01:38It was going really dark.
01:40That's when I kind of thought I might die.
01:44A narrow escape on the daily commute.
01:49I just started running as fast as I could.
01:51There's a bear right there.
01:53And a Scottish tourist can barely believe who's looking for a car share.
01:58I genuinely couldn't get out.
02:00It was just, like, adrenaline.
02:01It was funny but fearful.
02:03Gordon!
02:08Every second of every day, men and women across the globe put their lives on the line just to help
02:13others.
02:14And sometimes they're presented with a challenge that's just a bit out of the ordinary.
02:21Florida, where the local police department are hot on the tail of a most unusual suspect, a runaway speedboat.
02:30The driver has fallen overboard, and his vessel is now racing in circles at over 40 miles per hour.
02:37The officers manage to get alongside the out-of-control boat.
02:42It's now or never to stop this runaway.
02:47The officer makes a leap and jumps ship.
02:55Woo!
02:56Nice job, bro. Good job.
02:58With the vessel secured, it was plain sailing for the officers from here.
03:04Colorado, with reports of a burning vehicle, but not everyone managed to escape.
03:09There's a dog in the car!
03:10Dog in the car?
03:11A dog is trapped in the smoldering jeep.
03:15Oh, my God!
03:16Where's that?
03:17The officer smashes windows, desperately searching for him.
03:21Hey, here?
03:22Yeah!
03:24Hey, come on, man!
03:26Hey, come on!
03:27Come on!
03:30Out of the smoke, a head appears.
03:33Oh, God!
03:34Oh, my God!
03:36My smoke!
03:36They scramble to free him from the fire.
03:39Oh, my God!
03:40Oh, my God!
03:43Thanks to the quick actions of this policeman, this beloved pet lived to bark another day.
03:49Dog's in! Nothing else is in!
03:51But sometimes, our emergency heroes are just in the right place at the right time.
04:06Arizona, where in the desert heat, two of the state's finest forged an unbreakable bond.
04:15My name is Brian Larson.
04:17I'm a police officer in Chandler, Arizona.
04:19My name is Aislip Aguia.
04:21I've been a firefighter here for nine years.
04:24For Officer Larson, this particular morning began with a change of routine.
04:31For some reason that day, I just thought, hey, let's just go out to West Chandler today and
04:34do traffic out there, and I'll just take the 60.
04:37I never, ever really go that way.
04:41That choice would put him at the scene of a serious road traffic collision.
04:50I just noticed all the lights came on, just suddenly.
04:52And I'm like, something doesn't seem right.
04:55Weaving through the traffic, he soon discovers why.
04:58The vehicle that's crashed is engulfed in flames.
05:02Second nature, I just tapped my body camera.
05:05I started walking up to the scene, and as I started getting close, I see hands in the
05:10window, and I'm like, oh, somebody's in there.
05:15I started hitting the window, and as I'm doing that, I could hear a screaming, asking for help.
05:21I wasn't paying attention to the smoke.
05:22I wasn't paying attention to the fire.
05:24My focus was to get this lady who was screaming for help out of the truck.
05:27There was no way I was going to let her perish in that fire.
05:31But time is running out to rescue the driver from the inferno.
05:35I was starting to get kind of tired, just overwhelmed, you know, and I was like, I'm not stopping.
05:40And so I hit it two more times, and I finally broke through.
05:43The driver makes a break for freedom.
05:48And then I heard a pop.
05:51The truck fell back onto all four tires.
05:59As the driver plunges back into the burning car, someone else who's passing by on their
06:04way to work stops to help, and it's a very welcome sight.
06:09I turned, and I looked, and there's Asa.
06:12I could see that a vehicle was on fire, so I knew that it was a pretty dire situation.
06:16And I looked at him, and I'm like, wow, okay.
06:20Dude, go get her, man.
06:24Asa doesn't hesitate.
06:26Is there anybody else in there?
06:27I was able to help get her out of that truck, and then myself and Officer Larson carried
06:32her to the side of the road to safety.
06:35The driver is freed with seconds to spare.
06:38I grabbed her legs, and Asa had her torso, and next thing you know, I just look back at
06:42the truck, and it's just becoming engulfed in flames.
06:46With the driver out of imminent danger, our first responders assess the situation.
06:52You know, my main concern was making sure that she was breathing, and that if she had any
06:56major burns...
06:57All right, you're okay.
06:59It's really good.
07:00Hey, you're okay.
07:02She was able to talk to us.
07:04She said, thank you for saving my life.
07:07The driver is taken to hospital, and her two rescuers realize just how close they came
07:13to a very different outcome.
07:16I did my part.
07:17Asa was there.
07:18Good teamwork.
07:18He did his part, and she's alive.
07:21If he wasn't there to break the window, who knows what the outcome would have been.
07:25And he goes, had you not broke that window, she would have perished in that fire.
07:29She had about five seconds.
07:31That's all she had.
07:32Seeing the body cam footage, it kind of takes you back and realize the whole gravity of the
07:37situation and how serious it could have been.
07:41They may have just saved someone's life, but for Brian and Asa, it was just the start
07:46of another day.
07:47I took a few minutes, collected myself, and went to work.
07:51Went out and started making traffic stops.
07:54Let the guys at the fire station know that I would be a little bit late, but after that,
07:57it was just a normal day on shift for me.
08:00The footage of the driver, Amy, has been obscured to protect her identity in her moment of distress.
08:08But once she'd recovered, Amy was keen to thank her saviors in person.
08:15Being reunited with her and being able to see her after the incident was definitely something
08:19that was rewarding.
08:21Oh, God.
08:24She hugged me, and, you know, it was emotional for everybody involved.
08:29We got you.
08:31I don't consider myself a hero or anything like that.
08:35This is doing what we do.
08:36First responders, police, and fire, you know, we rush into danger all the time.
08:42It was only after the incident that the men realized they shared another significant bond.
08:48We found out we were both Marines.
08:50It explained a lot.
08:51Marines go to the fight.
08:52This is one day they will never forget.
08:55Seeing the look on somebody's face and just that gratitude in their eyes,
09:00that's the reward for me, knowing that I've done something good for them.
09:03The biggest positive impact of that, for my kids to be able to see, you know,
09:07their father as a role model.
09:13Coming up, a lucky escape on a mountain range in Central Asia.
09:18It hits that lip there and explodes, and that's when I think,
09:22OK, I could be in trouble.
09:33Experiencing the beauty of the natural world can bring us peace and tranquility.
09:38But it can suddenly release its fury without warning.
09:44Mount Etna, Italy, an eruption in 2025,
09:47sent a plume of ash almost seven kilometers into the clouds
09:51and a horde of hikers racing down the mountainside.
09:57A sudden collapse in the crater triggered the cataclysmic event.
10:02Thankfully, everyone managed to escape just in time.
10:08Bangkok in 2025, and a sinkhole has appeared in the middle of a busy road.
10:15Concerned commuters look on as it begins to grow.
10:22When suddenly, the entire street is swallowed into the ground.
10:34Terrified onlookers scream as tons of debris plunge nearly 200 meters into the abyss.
10:41The local buildings have a narrow escape.
10:49Miraculously, nobody was injured.
10:55But for a chosen few, when nature wreaks havoc,
10:59it has the power to change their lives in the most remarkable way.
11:04I'm Harry Shimin.
11:05I survived an avalanche, and I managed to capture it all on camera.
11:10Harry!
11:12For as long as Harry can remember, he's been chasing the highs of an adrenaline rush.
11:17I'd say I was always a bit of a thrill seeker.
11:19I got my skydiving license when I was 21,
11:22and I managed to set the Guinness World Record for the most backflips in a skydive.
11:27After conquering the skies,
11:30Harry's next big adventure was an expedition
11:32through the breathtaking scenery of Kyrgyzstan in Central Asia with friends.
11:38Beautiful mountains, beautiful blue lakes.
11:41Absolutely fantastic.
11:46As the epic trek through the Tianshan Mountains was coming to a close,
11:5127-year-old Harry was about to experience a life-changing moment.
11:56The day starts like any other.
11:58We start hiking.
11:59We stop right before we're about to reach the highest point in the whole trek.
12:04Never one to miss out on the opportunity of a thrill,
12:06Harry was leading the pack.
12:08I'm a little bit far ahead, and I'm keen to get to this high point.
12:12Oh, my God!
12:13Overlooking this beautiful mountain range.
12:16The disaster was about to strike.
12:20Sounded like a river, I guess,
12:22but also a little bit more ominous.
12:28Had, like, some deep cracking sounds.
12:31Harry turns to find an avalanche roaring down the mountainside.
12:37As soon as it starts happening, I'm like,
12:39wow, I've got this on camera.
12:42This is perfect.
12:43And it starts getting bigger and bigger,
12:45and I'm like, whoa, this is huge.
12:49A tsunami of snow, rock, and ice races towards him,
12:54with just the valley between them.
12:57If I'm, like, here, and the avalanche started up here,
13:01there's like a big valley in between where I am
13:04and where the avalanche is.
13:09I'm thinking, there's no way that the avalanche is going to come down,
13:13fill up the valley, and then come over and get me.
13:16Like, there's no way that that could happen.
13:19So Harry felt he was out of harm's way.
13:22But then, staying true to his risk-taking nature,
13:25safety wasn't exactly the first thing on his mind.
13:28I'm going to get the best avalanche video of all time.
13:33At this point, I'm just thinking,
13:34I'm lucky to have caught this early,
13:36zooming in, and I'm just focused on trying to frame it right
13:40and keep it all in shot.
13:41It hits that lip there and explodes,
13:43and that's when I think, OK, I could be in trouble.
13:48Oh, dear God.
13:50With the frozen wall of destruction just seconds away,
13:54Harry makes a last-minute duck for cover.
13:56There's a big cliff behind me.
13:58I can't run backwards, so there's nowhere to go.
14:02Ducking behind a rock with just seconds to spare,
14:05the avalanche crashes over Harry.
14:08It's like being in this really, really thick, intense blizzard.
14:11So it does get hard to breathe, and it was going really dark.
14:16That's when I kind of thought I might die.
14:19But just as panic was beginning to set in,
14:22the power of nature released him from its grip.
14:25The dust cleared and settled.
14:27I kind of poked my head up out of this hole and look around.
14:30It was just like winning the lottery.
14:32So the avalanche happened over here,
14:34and then when it came over this,
14:37I dived down into this hole.
14:42With the danger passed,
14:43Harry rushed to find the rest of his expedition,
14:46who escaped without any major injuries.
14:49If we were 30 minutes earlier,
14:52if we would have been hiking across here,
14:56boulders the size of this,
14:58we'd have swept right across us.
15:01We carry on going down this path that we were supposed to be on.
15:04That's the point where it kind of dawned on everyone.
15:07If we'd stopped for lunch five minutes less,
15:12we would all be dead.
15:14Oh, dear God.
15:16Now out of danger,
15:17the avalanche was about to set Harry on a path he could never have expected.
15:22From that point is a whole separate story of what happens after that,
15:25and how that then, like, changed pretty much everything in my life.
15:33Looking back at his footage,
15:35Harry knew he had captured an unbelievable moment he wanted to share with the world.
15:41I ended up putting it on Reddit,
15:43and after about six hours, it just went crazy.
15:48One media agency knew Harry was on to a winner.
15:52When the video started going viral,
15:54I ended up making around $30,000.
15:57With the money from his clips snowballing,
16:00Harry was able to fund a new challenge,
16:02backflipping his way around the world.
16:05I did a round-the-world loop for about three months.
16:09I went from Italy to Japan,
16:13L.A., Guatemala, Brazil.
16:15Until when you're single and you can just turn up to a new place
16:19and just see what's going on.
16:22The winds finally blew our globetrotter
16:25to the tropical paradise of Maui in Hawaii,
16:28and his lust for adventure began to thaw.
16:31I was only supposed to stay on Maui three days
16:33before flying to another one of the islands and then leaving.
16:36And the first day on Maui, I met Anna.
16:40She was showing us hidden spots and places to go,
16:44and I just completely, yeah, fell in love, absolutely,
16:48like from pretty much day one.
16:52Harry's trip of a lifetime,
16:53all thanks to that avalanche roaring towards him
16:56on the other side of the world,
16:58had taken him from the Isle of Man to a tropical paradise.
17:02We got married, and Anna has a dog, Basil,
17:06the three of us, me, Anna, and Basil,
17:09all kind of live happily ever after.
17:12Who knew that just because of an avalanche,
17:14I would end up meeting the love of my life
17:17and living on Maui in Hawaii?
17:26Sometimes life comes at you fast,
17:28and with something very, very unexpected.
17:32Take this lady strolling down a New York street
17:34with two young children,
17:36one in a pushchair, when this happens.
17:40A manhole explodes moments after they walk past.
17:45The outcome could have been so different,
17:48but fate has intervened,
17:50and they all walk away with their lives.
17:54Equally lucky is this driver in Wales.
18:00He's heading through a forest
18:02after some particularly stormy weather,
18:04when, without warning,
18:06three trees uproot and land on his car.
18:10When he gets out to assess the damage,
18:12it's pretty clear that he had
18:14an absolutely miraculous escape.
18:16That's pretty darn close.
18:19And he's not the only one.
18:27Clekheaton, a town in West Yorkshire,
18:30not used to much in the way of excitement.
18:33But back in September 2025,
18:35it would make headline news.
18:38It's a Saturday morning,
18:40and Kieran Hudson is about ten minutes
18:43into his usual walk to the sandwich shop
18:45where he works.
18:47I was covering a shift, really,
18:49so I wasn't even meant to be at work that day.
18:54Meanwhile, walking along the same road
18:56in the opposite direction
18:57was someone else going about their day,
19:00Margaret Kirk.
19:02On that Saturday morning,
19:04I was walking home from the hairdressers.
19:07I'd got to the...
19:09Well, I call it the chapel,
19:10because that's what it used to be.
19:12And I heard this sound.
19:18As he approached the old stone building,
19:21Kieran couldn't hear anything
19:22as he had his headphones in.
19:24But he noticed Margaret walking towards him.
19:29She, like, paused for a split second
19:32and sort of looked up.
19:37I thought, what was she looking at?
19:40That's when I looked up,
19:41just at the right moment.
19:44The noise Margaret had heard
19:46was the sound of masonry
19:48on the building coming away.
19:54I just started running
19:56as fast as I could.
19:58CCTV footage captured what had happened.
20:02Part of the front of this former church
20:03had collapsed,
20:05sending huge chunks of stone
20:06crashing to the ground.
20:10It was just after this bus stop here.
20:12It's quite lucky that it fell to the side
20:14and not forward,
20:15because if it fell forward,
20:16it still probably would have hit me.
20:19Unbelievably,
20:20neither Kieran nor Margaret were hurt,
20:23but they were stunned
20:24by what they had just experienced.
20:27The sounds were incredibly loud.
20:30Terrible.
20:31Yeah.
20:32Less than thunder.
20:35It just happened so quickly.
20:38My legs were just trembling in shock.
20:42Though even then,
20:43Margaret had not lost her sense of humour.
20:46A man came from across the road
20:49to see if I was all right.
20:50He said,
20:51you have a lot of bits of stuff in your hair,
20:55little bits from stones,
20:57wouldn't there?
20:57He says,
20:58oh, and I've just had my hair done.
21:03Meanwhile,
21:04Kieran made it to work with time to spare
21:06and started his shift.
21:09But gradually,
21:10it began to dawn on him
21:11what had just happened.
21:13I couldn't even believe it.
21:15I just had to just stop.
21:17Just like, wow.
21:18You was actually like two seconds,
21:20like two steps
21:21away from all that landing on you.
21:27Others across the country
21:28would share Kieran's disbelief
21:30when the images spread on social media
21:33and were picked up by the news.
21:36My friends were just in complete shock.
21:38It was me.
21:39You can see videos online all the time
21:41and you don't believe
21:42that you're going to know someone
21:44or be that person.
21:47Kieran still can't quite believe
21:49how fortunate he was
21:51and is eternally grateful to Margaret
21:53for alerting him that day.
21:55It was inches away.
21:58Someone or something
21:59produced a miracle for me.
22:02It was so quick.
22:03I'm glad he didn't walk any further
22:05after I'd spoken to him.
22:07He could have been under the rubble.
22:10As for the building,
22:12well, that is being repaired.
22:14And every time Kieran and Margaret
22:16walk past it now,
22:17they are reminded of their lucky escape.
22:21Sometimes I do walk
22:22on the other side of the road
22:23and then just look up
22:24and think to myself,
22:26well, it still kind of doesn't seem real.
22:30I think, did that really happen?
22:32And I'm still living.
22:35Yeah, I'm amazed.
22:39Coming up,
22:40when fishing trips go wrong,
22:42Aussie style.
22:43I've pretty well got an agreement
22:45with sharks.
22:45I stay out of their bath water
22:46and they stay out of mine.
22:48Yay!
22:49Yay!
22:51And a toddler comes to the rescue.
22:54If ever the time comes
22:56and an emergency happens,
22:57your kid might just save your life.
23:10A day spent on the water
23:12is meant to be a chance
23:13to unwind, relax,
23:15and enjoy the great outdoors.
23:17But for these fishermen,
23:18it didn't quite work out that way.
23:23Just keep pressure, keep pressure.
23:26Out on this creek
23:27in Australia's Northern Territory,
23:29one lucky angler
23:30has caught a monster.
23:32Run, bro!
23:33But as he reels it in,
23:34it becomes clear
23:35he's in danger
23:36of snagging a monster
23:37of a different kind.
23:39Run, bro!
23:40Run, run, run, run!
23:41A crocodile races
23:43towards his catch,
23:44snapping the line
23:45in its jaws.
23:46Run, bro!
23:47Oh, no, he's got it!
23:48Oh, the whole thing!
23:49Oh, the whole thing's gone,
23:51dear, he's gone!
23:52The hunter very nearly
23:53became the hunted.
23:54This fisherman got off lightly.
23:56Oh, my God!
24:00But these chaps
24:01weren't so lucky.
24:02In New Hampshire,
24:03America,
24:04a humpback whale
24:05breeches,
24:06capsizing a boat,
24:07sending the fishermen
24:08on board into the deep.
24:10The only thing
24:11they'll be catching
24:12is a cold.
24:14They were quickly rescued
24:15by a nearby boat
24:16after a stark reminder
24:18of the power
24:19of the ocean's inhabitants.
24:25Australia,
24:26the land of sun,
24:27sea,
24:28and sharks.
24:29And home to best friends
24:31and keen anglers,
24:33Stuart and James,
24:34who've been hooked
24:35from an early age.
24:37People might think
24:38it's boring
24:38sitting out there
24:39waiting all day,
24:39but it's an adrenaline rush
24:41when that rod goes off.
24:42Whoa!
24:44The day began
24:45at the marina
24:46like countless fishing trips
24:47before,
24:48and they were joined
24:49by budding angler
24:5014-year-old Logan.
24:53It was actually
24:54his first fishing tournament.
24:56He's a really close
24:57friend of mine's son.
24:58When we set off
24:58in the morning,
24:59there was next to no wind.
25:01Pretty good conditions.
25:02With lines cast
25:04and bait set,
25:05they waited.
25:06We were out there
25:07for approximately
25:08five hours,
25:09drifting along the coast,
25:10and I was sitting
25:11in the driver's seat,
25:12just looking back
25:13at the ocean
25:13and the waves.
25:15By now,
25:16they were more than
25:1730 kilometers out to sea
25:18when every captain's
25:20worst nightmare
25:21began to unfold.
25:23I lifted the engine hatch up
25:24and realized
25:26that there was
25:26about eight inches
25:27of water.
25:28Yeah, James pretty well
25:29gave me a bit of a nudge
25:30and said,
25:30we're taking on
25:31a bit of water.
25:31Started moving forward,
25:33but all the water
25:34went to the back
25:35of the boat
25:35and it engulfed the motor.
25:37That's the moment
25:37I realized
25:38that we were in trouble.
25:39With the boat
25:40taking on water,
25:41they were now
25:42in serious danger.
25:44From the time
25:45that James
25:46told us
25:47that we're in
25:48a bit of trouble
25:48and we're taking on water
25:49to we're no longer
25:51going to be fixing this,
25:52it was pretty quick.
25:55And I grabbed
25:56the microphone
25:57and made the mayday call
25:58to try and get help.
26:01As they raised
26:02the alarm,
26:02the boat began
26:03to sink.
26:05The feeling
26:06of making that mayday call
26:07and then diving
26:09out of the boat
26:09into the cold water
26:10will stick with me
26:11for a long time.
26:14Once we're out,
26:15we're all out,
26:15we're all safe.
26:16It was a massive
26:17sense of relief.
26:19All three managed
26:20to find life jackets,
26:22but they weren't
26:23alone in the deep.
26:25I looked under the water
26:26a couple of times myself,
26:27but I've pretty well
26:27got an agreement
26:28with sharks.
26:28I stay out of their
26:29bath water
26:30and they stay out of mine.
26:31We tried to put that
26:32at the back of our mind.
26:34It was more,
26:34let's get out of here,
26:35let's get saved,
26:36rather than let's not get eaten.
26:37I could see larger vessels
26:39off in the distance.
26:40I was waving my arms
26:41around,
26:41but unlucky,
26:42they couldn't see a squirrel,
26:44a pebble in a pond,
26:44basically.
26:46As James and Stuart
26:47floated in shark-infested
26:49waters trying to keep
26:50Logan safe,
26:51the elements were
26:53turning against them.
26:54The conditions
26:55were getting worse
26:56and we were drifting
26:57along the coast,
26:58so where we called
26:59the Mayday call
27:00was totally different
27:01coordinates.
27:03But Stuart
27:04made a chance discovery.
27:06Stuart realised
27:07he had his mobile phone
27:09in his pocket.
27:10I can think of my partner.
27:11She told me that I had
27:12to get a life-proof case
27:13on it.
27:13Then,
27:14climbing to the top
27:15of the boat,
27:15we had service.
27:18He was able
27:19to call for help
27:20and after 40 minutes
27:21in the freezing cold sea,
27:23rescue was finally
27:25on the way.
27:27Beautiful,
27:27big helicopter
27:28come flying
27:29straight towards us.
27:30Seeing that helicopter
27:31fly within 30 metres
27:32of us
27:33and then bank around
27:33to come
27:34to start airlifting us
27:35was the best feeling ever.
27:39Thanks to Stuart's phone,
27:41a rescue helicopter
27:42had been able
27:42to pinpoint
27:43their position
27:44in the water.
27:46You're going to
27:46keep your hands
27:47kept,
27:47boys,
27:48boys.
27:49Seeing Logan
27:50go into that helicopter,
27:51knowing that myself
27:52or James
27:52was next going up,
27:53it was just a relief.
27:54We were out of there.
27:56But just as Logan
27:57was winched to safety,
27:59James made what seemed
28:01like an inexplicable decision.
28:04By the time
28:04the helicopter
28:05got to us,
28:06there was probably
28:07five or six boats
28:07that had came
28:08to assist us.
28:10James actually
28:11came over to me
28:12and said,
28:12I'm swimming to a boat,
28:14what are you doing?
28:14And I'm like,
28:15we can't leave Logan
28:16in the helicopter
28:17on his own,
28:18so I was going up
28:18no matter what.
28:20I chose to swim
28:21in the shark-infested waters
28:23to a nearby boat.
28:24When I got into
28:25the helicopter,
28:26the guy that was
28:27operating the winch,
28:27he goes,
28:28I've never, ever seen
28:29anyone swim away
28:30from a helicopter.
28:32I didn't know
28:33why James wasn't coming,
28:34but I knew
28:35he wasn't coming.
28:36But James
28:37did have his reasons.
28:38There was something
28:39that to him
28:40was even more scary
28:41than the thought
28:42of predators
28:43in the water.
28:44I'm terrified
28:45of helicopters.
28:46I was never getting
28:47on that chopper.
28:49Plucked from the jaws
28:50of danger,
28:51they all made it
28:52safely back
28:53to dry land.
28:56To land on land
28:58and know that we were safe
28:59was a good feeling,
29:00that's for sure.
29:01All I asked was,
29:02are my friends OK?
29:03And that was all
29:04I wanted to know.
29:05Despite everything
29:06they went through,
29:07they haven't been put off
29:08looking for jaws,
29:09they're just going
29:10to need a bigger boat.
29:12Well done.
29:13The experience
29:14definitely hasn't changed
29:15how I think about fishing.
29:16I love fishing.
29:17It was an accident.
29:18Now I got hurt.
29:19Let's just keep
29:20moving forward.
29:22Never thought
29:23I'd be doing
29:23a fishing comp,
29:25a swim with a shark,
29:25a scenic flight
29:26all in one day.
29:33When it comes to family,
29:35we'd all like to think
29:36we can rely on those
29:37around us to be there
29:39when we need them most.
29:40But some people
29:41really do come through
29:42for their loved ones
29:43in the most challenging
29:44of circumstances.
29:47In this street in Brazil,
29:48people have started
29:49to panic and scatter
29:51as they spot
29:52a police car chase
29:53heading their way.
29:55As the car being pursued
29:56speeds through their path,
29:58the reaction times
29:59of this grandma
30:00are impeccable,
30:01grabbing her grandson
30:03out of the way
30:04with just a split second
30:06to spare.
30:08An equally heart-stopping
30:10moment in China
30:11where an out-of-control
30:12electric buggy
30:13crashes through
30:14the glass doors
30:15of a restaurant,
30:16hurtling towards
30:17two young siblings.
30:19The quick-thinking
30:2111-year-old
30:22has just seconds
30:23to react
30:23and grab her baby sister
30:25out of the path
30:26of the runaway vehicle.
30:28Two unthinkable disasters
30:30averted.
30:34But sometimes
30:35our family heroes
30:37can be those
30:37you'd least expect.
30:40My name's Emmanuel.
30:41I live in Slough, England
30:43with my wife, Jill,
30:44and my two-year-old daughter,
30:46Zab.
30:48It's fair to say
30:49hospital nurse Emmanuel
30:51dotes on his only child
30:53and with good reason.
30:55She's a very cheeky
30:57kind of kid,
30:57very chatty,
30:59very outgoing.
31:00Okay.
31:02Her memory's also
31:03really good.
31:05She'll remember
31:06things we've said to her
31:07about a month ago.
31:09Okay.
31:09This early talent
31:11for recall
31:12would prove invaluable
31:13when it came to
31:14a particular health condition
31:15of Emmanuel's.
31:18I was diagnosed
31:19with type 1 diabetes
31:20when I was
31:2213 years old.
31:24Emmanuel
31:25and his wife, Jill,
31:26who also works
31:27long shifts
31:28as an NHS nurse,
31:29have always tried
31:30to prepare
31:31for any possible
31:32emergency
31:32with his diabetes.
31:34The crucial thing
31:35is managing episodes
31:36where his blood sugars
31:38drop dangerously low,
31:39known as hypoglycemia.
31:41We've put CCTV cameras
31:44all over the house
31:45just in case
31:45she's not here
31:47and I go hyper.
31:48If ever I'm not
31:49responding to any
31:50messages or calls,
31:51she would know
31:52what's happening.
31:53And also we keep
31:54packets of sweets
31:55and leucosablets
31:57all over the house.
31:59And that preparation
32:01was extended
32:01to the youngest member
32:03of the family too,
32:04little Zab.
32:07We started when she was
32:08about a year and a half.
32:09Whilst we were playing,
32:12we would incorporate
32:12it to her play.
32:14We would tell her
32:15that when Daddy's hypo,
32:17he goes low battery
32:18and what we need to do
32:20is to give Daddy sweets
32:22and chocolate.
32:24We showed her
32:25the containers
32:26of leucosablets
32:27and we told her
32:28those are sweets.
32:30To be honest,
32:31we didn't really expect
32:31her to get the gist of it.
32:35But something
32:36truly extraordinary
32:38was about to happen
32:39that would show
32:40very clearly
32:40that their toddler
32:41had more than understood.
32:44What song is the
32:45earliest thing?
32:45It all started
32:46when Emmanuel returned
32:48from his work
32:48at the hospital
32:49one night in May 2025.
32:52I came from
32:53four days of
32:5512-hour shifts.
32:56I came home
32:57that night as usual,
32:59ate the usual,
33:01nothing was really different.
33:02I checked my blood sugar
33:04the night before,
33:05it was fine,
33:05so I wasn't really
33:06worried about it.
33:10By this time
33:11it was 8 in the morning.
33:12Emmanuel's wife,
33:13Jill,
33:14had already left
33:15for work,
33:15so it was just
33:16father and daughter
33:17at home together.
33:18He should have been
33:19getting up to start
33:20the day,
33:21but his blood sugars
33:22were dangerously low
33:23and he started
33:24to lose consciousness.
33:27The CCTV cameras
33:29picked up
33:29what happened next.
33:41She was trying
33:42to wake me up
33:42as she usually does,
33:43but this time
33:44she wasn't able to
33:45and she got really worried.
33:52right here,
33:53I uttered the words
33:54I'm hypo.
33:58I'm hypo.
34:01And that gave her
34:03the idea
34:03on what to do.
34:09She ran
34:10to the living room.
34:13As you can see here,
34:14she's trying
34:15to look for something.
34:18She knows
34:19where the boxes
34:20of sweets
34:21are hidden.
34:37She's trying
34:38to open
34:39the container here.
34:58Here she's saying
34:59the words
35:00eat, eat.
35:01She's trying
35:02to put the glucose
35:04tablets in my mouth.
35:07Around 10 minutes later,
35:09with his daughter
35:10still by his side,
35:11Emmanuel regained
35:12consciousness.
35:21I had no idea
35:22what happened.
35:23I just knew
35:24that I went hypo
35:26because I had
35:26a throbbing headache
35:27when I woke up.
35:28The first thing
35:29that came to my mind
35:30when I was feeling
35:30a lot better
35:31was to check
35:32the cameras
35:33to know
35:34what exactly happened.
35:39I'm very glad
35:40that she tried
35:41to wake me up
35:41because if
35:42she hasn't,
35:44I might have
35:45just continued
35:45on sleeping
35:47and things
35:48might have gotten
35:48much worse
35:49than it was.
35:50It would cause
35:51inversible damage
35:54to a person's brain
35:55if you run out
35:56of glucose
35:57for a certain
35:58period of time.
36:05But thanks
36:06to the calm,
36:07quick-thinking
36:07actions
36:08of his two-year-old
36:09daughter,
36:10that didn't happen.
36:12Emmanuel began
36:13to share
36:13the video footage
36:14with family
36:15and friends
36:15online.
36:16But it soon
36:17reached a much
36:18larger audience.
36:21I didn't really
36:23expect for the video
36:24to blow up.
36:25I just slept
36:26on it
36:26and then
36:27when I woke
36:27up,
36:27it had
36:28millions
36:28of views.
36:31We got
36:32so many
36:33heartwarming
36:33reactions,
36:35praising
36:35Zab
36:35for what
36:36she did.
36:38It made
36:39me very
36:39thankful
36:39that I
36:40have Zab
36:41and it
36:42made me realise
36:42how lucky
36:43I am.
36:44I have
36:45this new
36:45sense of
36:46appreciation
36:46for everything
36:47around me.
36:49And Emmanuel
36:50firmly believes
36:51other families
36:52can take
36:53something
36:53from his
36:54own experience.
36:56I really
36:57think that
36:58parents should
36:58educate and
36:59familiarise
37:00kids in
37:00emergency
37:01situations.
37:04Their minds
37:05are like
37:05sponges.
37:06They take
37:07in so much
37:07information.
37:08I think
37:09it's just
37:10important that
37:10we do it
37:11in an
37:12age-appropriate
37:13way.
37:14Who knows
37:15if ever
37:16the time
37:17comes and
37:18an emergency
37:18happens,
37:20your kid
37:21might just
37:21save your
37:22life.
37:25coming up
37:26when the
37:26local
37:27wildlife
37:27on holiday
37:28gets a bit
37:28too close
37:29for comfort.
37:30I just
37:30looked down
37:31and I was
37:32staring at it.
37:32Get in the
37:33car that's
37:33behind you,
37:34George.
37:35I swear,
37:35I thought my
37:36shoes were on fire
37:37because I'd
37:37moved that
37:37quick.
37:38What's in the
37:39case?
37:47imagine the
37:47scene.
37:48You're opening
37:49your garage door
37:50to grab some
37:50step ladders,
37:51your mind's on
37:52DIY.
37:54And this
37:55pops out.
37:58Not quite what
37:59this lady in
38:00Australia was
38:00expecting.
38:01Talk about
38:02snakes and
38:02ladders.
38:04Oh my God,
38:05he's gone in.
38:05He's gone in.
38:07Come on.
38:08Meanwhile, on
38:09the other side
38:09of the world,
38:10this household
38:11in the Shetland
38:12Islands also
38:13experienced an
38:14animal break-in.
38:16Something a bit
38:17cuter, though.
38:20The otter has
38:21a good look
38:22round and a
38:23narrow miss
38:24with a standard
38:24lamp.
38:25It's nice
38:25that way.
38:27Before making
38:28the noisiest route
38:29possible through
38:30the kitchen.
38:31Get back.
38:36It finds
38:37what it's
38:37looking for.
38:38Could that
38:39be the treat
38:39cupboard?
38:43Well, perhaps
38:43not.
38:44It leaves
38:45empty-handed.
38:46It might have
38:47been a cute
38:48visitor, but it
38:49was certainly
38:49a very messy
38:50one.
38:51There he goes,
38:52there he goes,
38:52there he goes.
38:56However, it
38:57was on holiday
38:58that another
38:58Scottish family
38:59had a close
39:00encounter of
39:01the fairy kind.
39:05Meet Paul and
39:06Laura Ferguson
39:07and their
39:08brother-in-law
39:08Johnny, all
39:09from Airdrie
39:10in Scotland.
39:13They're a family
39:14who love their
39:15music, everything
39:16from 90s
39:17Britpop to
39:18blues and
39:19funk.
39:20So with some
39:21landmark family
39:22birthdays to
39:23celebrate in 2025,
39:25they decided a
39:26group of them
39:27would take a
39:27summer holiday road
39:28trip through the
39:29southern states
39:30of America,
39:31taking in some
39:32musical highlights
39:33along the way.
39:35It was a trip
39:37of a lifetime.
39:39I'd seen live
39:40bands in New
39:41Orleans,
39:43Graceland,
39:44where I was
39:44standing where
39:45Elvis at once
39:45stood.
39:47Probably my
39:47favourite part
39:48was the
39:48Smoky Mountains.
39:50The house that
39:51we were in was
39:51right in the
39:52middle of the
39:52hills and you
39:53just looked out
39:53the window and
39:54the Smoky Mountains
39:55were right there.
39:55It was absolutely
39:56gorgeous.
39:59Once they reached
39:59this part of the
40:00trip, they knew
40:01there was a good
40:02chance they'd see
40:03some of the 2,000
40:04black bears that
40:05live in the wild in
40:06this part of
40:07Tennessee.
40:09But they weren't
40:10phased.
40:11Us being
40:12Scottish, we'd
40:12just go with the
40:13floor and see
40:14what happens.
40:15I say that on a
40:16couple of occasions,
40:17knowing our luck,
40:18we probably won't
40:18see any bears at
40:19all.
40:21But that wasn't
40:22quite going to be
40:23the case.
40:24And it all
40:25happened as they
40:26were due to leave
40:26that picturesque
40:27house in the
40:28hills.
40:30Typical last
40:31morning at a
40:32house, it was
40:32just bedlam.
40:33We had to be out
40:34for 11 o'clock and
40:35this was maybe
40:35about 10.45 and
40:38the cases were
40:39still not in the
40:40car and that's
40:41when it all went
40:42kind of a pear
40:43shape.
40:43As I went to
40:44walk out, the
40:45bear kind of
40:45walked beside the
40:47shed, like right
40:48along past the
40:49front door.
40:50The first instinct
40:51was to pull out
40:52our phones.
40:53Get in the car,
40:54there's a bear
40:55right there.
40:56It's coming over
40:57towards you.
40:57And then we
40:58started saying
40:59really loudly,
41:00the bear is coming
41:00towards you right
41:01now.
41:02Don't run,
41:02get in the car,
41:04it's coming.
41:05In our family,
41:05we do have
41:06quite a laugh.
41:07Sometimes we
41:08just wind each
41:08other up, so I
41:09just carried on
41:10putting the
41:10cases in the
41:11car.
41:12But it was no
41:13joke.
41:15I just happened
41:16to turn around,
41:17look down, and I
41:18was staring at it.
41:19Get in the car
41:19that's behind you,
41:20John.
41:22I swear, I
41:23thought my shoes
41:23were on fire,
41:24because I'd
41:25moved that
41:25quick.
41:29What's in the
41:30case?
41:30That's when I
41:31started panic,
41:32just pure panic.
41:34Oh, it's
41:35getting in the
41:35back.
41:35Oh, it's
41:36getting in the
41:36back.
41:37Get out of the
41:37car.
41:39Johnny had
41:40ran, Paul had
41:41jumped in the
41:41car, and the
41:42child locks
41:43activated, so he
41:44was stuck in the
41:45back of the
41:46car.
41:47I genuinely
41:48couldn't get out.
41:49It was just
41:50like adrenaline.
41:51It was funny,
41:52but fearful.
41:53Here he comes.
41:54It's actually
41:55quite big.
41:55This is where I
41:56left the door open
41:57for you.
41:57You're running away
41:58as if it was a
41:58wasp, Jesse.
42:01Glad I'm not
42:02dramatic.
42:04From a safe
42:05vantage point,
42:06Johnny and the
42:07rest of the
42:07family were
42:08definitely seeing
42:09the funny side of
42:10the situation.
42:12All we could do
42:13is laugh.
42:13Every time we
42:14looked at each
42:14other, we just
42:15laughed.
42:16What's in the
42:16case?
42:17But Paul was
42:18still in the back
42:19of the car, and
42:20the bear had
42:21decided the boot
42:22looked very
42:22inviting.
42:25It was too
42:26close for comfort.
42:27I kind of jumped
42:28through the
42:28centre of the
42:29two seats.
42:32I managed it,
42:33and I ran away,
42:34and I never
42:35looked back.
42:39Meanwhile, the
42:40bear clearly
42:41thought the last
42:42minute car packing
42:43needed a bit of
42:44reorganising.
42:47This is the
42:48funny bit where
42:48it throws out
42:49the case.
42:52I really thought
42:53he was going to
42:53pick the case up
42:54and run away
42:54with it.
43:06But there was
43:07still the problem
43:08of an unwanted
43:09passenger loitering
43:10in their car.
43:11Oh, it's at the
43:14back seat.
43:16Oh, it's at the
43:17front seat.
43:18Do you have
43:19bearing, sir?
43:19No.
43:21I just remembered
43:22that all vehicles
43:23over there have got
43:23an alarm where you
43:24pressed the key
43:25fob, the horn
43:26started tooting.
43:31You could
43:32actually see the
43:32bear looking up
43:33and wondering
43:34where it was.
43:40And then we'd
43:41done it again,
43:42and then that's
43:42when it reacted
43:43and started getting
43:43out the back.
43:47It's coming over.
43:49Do you know what?
43:50It was kind of
43:50bittersweet.
43:51We were obviously
43:52relieved that it
43:52left.
43:54But it genuinely
43:55looked like a
43:56nice wee bear.
44:00When you seen it
44:01doddling away,
44:02it wasn't looking
44:02to do any damage,
44:03it was looking for
44:04food.
44:06But with the bear
44:07now back safely
44:08in the woods,
44:08they could see it
44:09had left its mark,
44:11quite literally,
44:12when it came to
44:12one of their metal
44:13suitcases punctured
44:15by one of its
44:15claws.
44:17But there was
44:18remarkably little
44:19damage, which was
44:20lucky, as with
44:21their holiday nearly
44:22at an end, the
44:23family had to be
44:24on their way.
44:25When they got to
44:26the airport, they
44:27watched the phone
44:28footage back and
44:29decided it would be
44:30a laugh to upload
44:31it to TikTok, but
44:33thought no more of
44:34it until they landed
44:34back in Edinburgh.
44:37It was something
44:39like 400,000 likes
44:40in the space of
44:41eight hours, which
44:42was incredible.
44:43The footage had
44:45gone viral.
44:46It's since achieved
44:47more than three
44:48million views around
44:49the world.
44:50Why did it take off
44:51so much?
44:52The family think
44:53they know.
44:55It was the
44:55Scottish accents
44:56and the reaction.
45:02There was seven of
45:03us here, and none
45:04of us done the
45:04right thing.
45:05All we done was
45:05laugh.
45:09And it certainly
45:11left the whole
45:11family with an
45:12unexpected holiday
45:13memory to look
45:14back on.
45:16It was just
45:17amazing how it
45:19happened, right
45:19out of the blue.
45:21We were wanting to
45:21see bears while
45:23we were there, but
45:24we didn't expect it
45:25to be up so close.
45:27I'll never, never,
45:28ever forget that.
45:29It made the perfect
45:31holiday.
45:32Go away!
45:33Go away!
45:33Shh!
45:42Stay with us.
45:43We could see
45:44Scotland reach the
45:45knockout stages of
45:46the World Cup.
45:47For the first time in
45:47their history, they
45:48face Morocco in their
45:50second game of the
45:512026 FIFA World Cup
45:52next on ITV1.
46:06Saunders,
46:06the second game of
46:08ė½s of the
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