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  • Smithsonian Channel

Make It Out Alive

  • 2017
  • Ended
  • Documentary · Drama
  • ~46m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 5.0/10

The untold human stories behind some of the world’s greatest disasters.

Latest: Season 1 · 2017

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  1. E1. Mount St. Helens

    Oct 15, 2017 · 46m

    From scientists to campers to residents, discover the stories of those who were there when Mount St. Helens erupted.

  2. E2. San Francisco Quake

    Oct 22, 2017 · 46m

    Discover the devastation a 7.1-magnitude earthquake can wreak on a city as we revisit the San Francisco quake of 1989.

  3. E3. Oklahoma Tornado

    Oct 29, 2017 · 46m

    Rarely seen footage and nerve-wracking stories place you in the middle of the Oklahoma tornado of 1999.

  4. E4. Oil Rig Explosion

    Nov 5, 2017 · 46m

    Follow a handful of men as they race for survival through the smoke and fire-filled labyrinth of the Piper Alpha Oil Rig.

  5. E5. USS Indianapolis

    Nov 12, 2017 · 46m

    Witness the worst sea disaster in U.S. naval history, the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, and the horrors that ensued.

  6. E6. Dam Disaster

    Nov 19, 2017 · 46m

    See how a massive landslide into a dam reservoir caused a wave of disaster to hit the village of Longarone, Italy.