Eating Raw Salmon For A Week To Survive
A fisherman from Westport, Washington set out on a tuna run in October 2023. He was a crewmate aboard the 43-foot fishing vessel Evening, …
Armless Woman Saved By Stranger’s Belt
Amy A. is a nurse practitioner from Troy, Michigan. On June 8, 2024, she was driving home with her 8-year-old daughter when she came …
They believed they were prepared. They had to be rescued.
Lisa P. is a homeowner in Nashville, Tennessee. When Winter Storm Fern hit in late January 2026, Lisa and her husband thought they were …
How to light your house when the grid’s down
Jean K. is a resident of Lexington, Mississippi. On January 25, 2026, Winter Storm Fern slammed into the South, and Jean’s neighborhood went dark. …
How Car Thieves Use Your Own Key Fob To Boost Your Ride
Wendi G. is a homeowner in the Kings Grant Forest neighborhood of northwest San Antonio, Texas. One Sunday morning, Wendi walked outside to find …
How To Gain Confidence Using A Heavy Bag
By Michael D. Former Clandestine Officer, CIA, DIA, NSA I played football in junior high school in Montgomery, AL. The coach used to make …
Comfortably Surviving When Your Tap Runs Dry
Kyle L. is a resident of the Forest Hill neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia. On January 6, 2025, a winter storm knocked out the power …
Nightwalker spotted by Arkansas man’s drone
Peyton S. is a 10-year-old girl from near Shreveport, Louisiana. On the night of September 14, 2024, Peyton sleepwalked out of her house and …
A tornado tossed him onto the roof
John H. is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and grandfather from Union City, Michigan. On March 6, 2026, he was outside working on a …
The “Battlefield Pickup” Method To Survival
By Michael D. Former Clandestine Officer, CIA, DIA, NSA When I was active-duty Airborne Recon in the USAF, we did a significant amount of …
Modern Day “Doogie Howser” Saves Dying Man
Anthony K. is a 15-year-old sophomore at Lancaster High School near Buffalo, NY. On March 19, 2025, just before midnight, the family’s two dogs …
5 Often-Overlooked Survival Items You Should Have
Carlos G. is a 37-year-old from Clearwater, Florida. In February 2026, Carlos and his buddy Cameron, traveled to NH for a weekend of snowmobiling. …
Lost Baby Album Found Months After The Flood
Caitlin W. is a mother from Asheville, North Carolina. In September 2024, Hurricane Helene slammed into western North Carolina with catastrophic flooding. Over 73,700 …
When 24 rounds aren’t enough to stop the threat
Riley H. is a 20-year-old hunter from Rexburg, Idaho. In September 2024, Riley and his buddy Braxton were archery hunting for elk near Island …
His Neighbors Lost Power, His Lights Stayed Blazing
William F. is a 76-year-old retired homebuilder from Cortez, Florida. In 2023, he and his spouse Sueann moved into a house built with solar …
Stranded With No Fuel And Every Pump Was Dry
Denise M. is a 62-year-old resident of Alexandria, Virginia. On May 12, 2021, she drove a friend into Washington, D.C. for a simple errand. …
Should You Add An Adjustable Trigger To Your Firearm?
Michael C. was 45-year-old man who lived in Salem, Indiana. Micheal had a troubled past with multiple run-ins with the law. He also had …
Quickly Escaping A Raging House Fire
Emilie R. is a property owner from Pennsylvania. On the afternoon of June 16, 2023, severe thunderstorms rolled through Montgomery County. Emilie was in …
20 hrs. stranded alone in the Gulf of Mexico
James G. is a 28-year-old man from Alabama. On November 23, 2022, he boarded a Carnival cruise ship with 18 family members for Thanksgiving. …
GPS nearly killed Tami and her son
Tami L. is a 49-year-old mother from Roseville, California. On July 11, 2025, she packed up her car and headed into the Sierra Nevada …
Handgun versus 988 pound Kodiak in cramped hallway
Aaron O. is a father of six from Bells Flats, Alaska. On September 27, 2022, around 11 p.m., a massive Kodiak brown bear walked …
Eight times more effective than rope for survival
Jordan J. is a 36-year-old outdoorsman from Athol, Idaho. In August 2019, he was dropped alone in the Canadian Arctic with just 10 items …
Moving? Simple steps to prep for anything
Susanne A. is a writer who moved to Asheville, North Carolina from coastal Washington state. She relocated to the mountains specifically to escape extreme …
Surviving when it’s pitch black and death is everywhere
Annelise C. is a 30-year-old marine educator from Bethesda, Maryland. In August 2023, she was working at a whale foundation on Maui, Hawaii. On …