Impact: Stories of Survival (2002)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Length

3 seasons, 30 episodes

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series tells true stories of people who survived life-threatening accidents. It shows video of the event, reenactments, and interviews with doctors and victims to explain the injury, treatment, and recovery process.

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What happens

Impact: Stories of Survival (also known as Did You See That? on streaming platforms) is an American documentary television series that aired from 2002-2005 on the Discovery Health Channel. It was narrated by Thom Beers, Wally Wingert, and Bill Ratner in Seasons 1, 2, and 3, respectively. The program is based on life-threatening situations in which the victim experienced a moment of impact. Featuring video of the event, reenactments, and interviews with surgeons, doctors, and the victims, Impact takes its viewers through the full process of the victim's impact, treatment and recovery. There is also a segment where a computerized animation shows, in detail, how the impact affected the victim's body. The segment shows how, and to what extent, bones, organs, veins, etc. were injured. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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