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How to stay alive in a crowd during a terrorist attack
Alexis S. was celebrating New Year’s Eve on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. The French Quarter was packed with tourists and locals ringing in …
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This couple had full power during an 11-day blackout
Rob D. and Holly B. are a couple living in Western North Carolina. In September 2024, Hurricane Helene slammed into their region with devastating …
Surviving 24 days in the mountains with just a knife and lighter
Tiffany S., a 28-year-old dialysis technician and competitive archer from Madera, California, set out for a short hike in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. She …
Bird flu outbreak sparks 57,000 fatalities
Phil R. runs a duck farm in California. On a Tuesday morning in October 2025, his staff noticed “a modest increase in mortality.” There …
Tree bark for the human, beef jerky for the dogs?
Paula R. is a 21-year-old avid hiker from Seattle. One weekend she went hiking in the Snoqualmie Pass area of the Cascade Mountains. During …
Run over by A dump truck but still kicking?
Glock pistols have earned a reputation for being tough. And there are countless stories about Glocks impressively surviving harsh conditions. One such story involves …
How to survive when the checks stop coming
Marc M. was a federal employee during the 1995-1996 government shutdown that lasted 21 days. He was classified as “essential,” so he had to …
How Gerald survived while lost in a blinding snowstorm
Gerald F. and his group of friends from Illinois went hiking during September in the Rawah Wilderness in Colorado September. During the afternoon, Gerald …
Locked out of your bank accounts long-term?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides cloud computing services (networking, storage, software, etc.) to companies and governments. And while …
How Disney got hacked by the Russians
Ryan K. is a 25-year-old computer hacker who lives in California. In 2024, Ryan targeted Disney and hacked into their computer systems and leaked …