Impact: Stories of Survival is a documentary television series that premiered in 2002 on and was produced by the Discovery Health Channel. 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 victims impact, treatment and recovery. There is also a segment where a computerized animation shows in detail how the impact affected the victim's body showing how and to what extent bones, organs, veins, etc. were injured.
Stock Car Smash
Jul 1, 2002
High speed boat crash; Man scaled when pipe bursts; Luge racer Anne Abernathy crashes; Paramedic hit by racecar
Parachute Collision
Jul 8, 2002
A skydiver's legs are severed in a midair collision; A teenage girl's arm is crushed under a pickup truck; Motorcycle stunt-man Doug Danger slams head-first into a concrete wall; A construction worker hits an underground power line with a jack hammer
Demolition Derby Disaster
Jul 22, 2002
Story One: A fence pole is sent through a mans chest when he loses control of his truck and wrecks. Story Two: A female Gymnast attempts a vault jump, when her left ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) snaps in half. Story Three: A man get's trapped by his seatbelt in a burning car, during a Demolition Derby. Story Four: A 16-year-old is crushed by a 900 poud horse during a local rodeo.
Knockout Punch
Jul 29, 2002
Heavyweight champion paralyzed by blow to the head; Dog attack tears a woman's scalp off; Man trapped in submerged car for 30 minutes; Man gets hand transplant after a firecracker destorys his hand
Shark Attack
Aug 5, 2002
Woman falls off motorcycle during race and another motorcycle slams into her back; A fallen tree limb traps an injured woman in her car; A South African surfer is attacked by a great white shark; A Southern Pacific Rattlesnake locks onto a mans thumb
Rappel Gone Wrong
Aug 12, 2002
Cliff jumper's cord snaps, causing him to land on his face; Police officer wounded with exploding bullets; High school wrestler snaps his elbow; Man trapped in crashed vehicle cuts off his hand to escape
Snowmobile Slam
Aug 19, 2002
Motorcyclist crashes at 180 MPH while trying to break land speed record in Mojave Desert; Snowmobiler fails to jump a ravine and loses over half his teeth; A snowboarder has severe frost bite after being lost in snow-covered mountains for five days and nights; Construction worker falls 70 feet and is impaled on rebar
Bear Attack
Aug 26, 2002
Base jumper pulls parachute too late and hits water at 80 MPH; Man's head crushed between factory rollers; Snowmobiler attemps to jump a house and snaps his leg; Bear attack disfigures man's face
Episode 9
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Drag Race Diaster
Sep 23, 2002
Motorcycle drag racers collide; Air force pilot slams into runway at air show; Teenager injured in jet ski collision; Officer wounded in shootout with bank robbers
