National Geographic: Situation Critical

One of the most dramatic police gun battles ever waged on American soil took place in Hollywood in 1997. Go inside the violent stand-off as the bandits fire over 1,100 rounds of am...

In 2001 Afghanistan, at the start of the war on terror, a pro-American Afghan army double-crossed and imprisoned Taliban fighters. A violent uprising begins when the Taliban fighte...

In war-torn Sierra Leone in 2000, thousands of armed rebels lived in the jungle. When members of the Royal Irish Rangers were ambushed and taken hostage, the British government lau...

Two days after Apollo 13's launch, an oxygen tank on board burst and the situation became perilous—200,000 miles (321,868 kilometers) above Earth. Personal accounts bring one of th...

In 1995, U.S. Air Force Cpt. O'Grady was patrolling the skies above war-torn Bosnia when a Serb missile hit his fighter jet. Upon impact, O'Grady was safely ejected, but his parach...

The 54th Sydney to Hobart yacht race turned into one of the worst sporting disasters in history. Almost 100 vessels faced brutal 90-mph winds and towering 60-foot waves. Hell on Hi...

In the 1980s and 1990s, Pablo Escobar made billions as one of the world's biggest drug dealers. The U.S. backed a massive manhunt to bring Escobar to justice. Retrace the effort to...

On October 23, 2002, a group of rebel terrorists enter Moscow's Dubrovka Theater. Russian officials struggle to save the hostages without surrendering to terrorist demands. Hear fi...

On June 27th, 1976 a routine flight from Israel to Paris carrying 258 passengers becomes the target for a gang of International terrorists. With the lives of so many hanging in the...

A Russian Navy mini-submarine is on a secret mission in North Pacific. In the gloom, hundreds of feet below the surface, it accidentally becomes entangled in a discarded fishing ne...

In March, 2002, Navy SEAL Neil Roberts prepares for a nighttime mission in Afghanistan as part of Operation Anaconda. Robert's Special Forces unit prepares to fly deep into enemy t...

On July 24, 2002, a routine mining excursion in Somerset, Pa., goes terribly wrong when a miner accidentally drills into an abandoned mine. Sixty million gallons of water is unleas...

In May, 2002, nine climbers tumble into a gaping crevasse in Mt. Hood, Oregon. As one man crashes into another on the slopes, three are killed instantly. A rescue helicopter approa...