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Transplant recipient completes Yosemite ascent
Achievement is latest in string of climbs around the world by 46-year-old
Teen who lost arm to gator: ‘God was with me’
He blames gator overpopulation for attack: ‘They never really bothered me’
Capsized sailors survive 26 hours in sea
Heroic coach gave his life to save them after their sailboat capsized
Divers recount 19 hours in shark-infested seas
Scuba-diving couple ‘happy to be alive’ after ordeal like film ‘Open Water’
Injured hero pushed woman to safety
Highway patrolman has aches and pains, but miraculously survived crash
Grizzly attack survivor: ‘God was on my side’
Outdoorsman played dead while 900-pound bear was ‘eating my brains’
Woman survives gunshot between the eyes
Bullet shatters, bounces off skull of 42-year-old victim in road rage assault
Boy gets butter knife stuck in head
Luckily, the butter knife that became lodged in his head did not pierce skull
Marine who lost leg returns to combat
Sniper’s bullet destroyed gunnery sergeant’s knee, but not his will to serve
NASCAR rookie walks away from horrific crash
Michael McDowell swears that he’s done being ‘the crash-test dummy’
Cheetah mauling victim says she ‘assumed risk’
Big cats’ owner healing, renewing bond with ‘Charlie’ and ‘Matt’
Pronounced dead, man recovers
Doctors can’t explain why 21-year-old Zack Dunlap recovered from accident
Dash cam captures cop’s close call
Oregon police lieutenant lives to tell his tale of survival
Boy survives mountain lion attack
Rabid carnivore claws child’s back, tries to lock jaw around his head
Kidnapped teen stayed calm to stay alive
Elizabeth Shoaf says to stay alive, she stayed calm and planned her escape
Girl, 16, describes hostage ordeal
Nicole Street, 16, says she refuses to let her ordeal interrupt her life
Racer describes fiery crash
Tony Pedregon mulled quitting the sport he loves, but only ever so briefly
Twister survivor: Couch saved me
College students huddled in dorm as monster storm ravaged campus
Couple survives snowbound for 11 days
Plow driver finds them trying to walk to safety in light coats
Driver caught in avalanche
Washington State couple was at the wrong place, right time, but is safe
Sailor stranded at sea lucky to be alive
Bill Archer rescued by passing tanker just as yacht sank in the Caribbean
Window washer talking after 47-story fall
'If you are a believer in miracles, this would be one,' says doctor
Rescuers, kin recall Calif. rescue
Officials find dad, 3 children after they write ‘HELP’ with twigs in the snow
Woman survives direct hit by lightning
Lara Eustermann’s heart and breathing stopped, but she managed to live
Sex slaves, human trafficking ... in America?
One young woman shares the story of how she escaped from forced labor
Boy pierces brain with antler, but is fine
Meet the lucky lad who learned, the hard way, not to run with sharp objects
Exclusive: Sinking ship survivor
Lisa Paisola tells TODAY she thought she was going to die off Antarctica
To save his life, man cuts off his arm
Sampson Parker recounts farming accident, his determination to live
Dolphins rescue surfer from shark
A pod of bottlenose dolphins helped protect the severely injured boarder
Exclusive: NYC steam pipe explosion survivor
Remembers people pulling away because of his burns, but not much else
Took a smearing, kept on cheering
Cheerleader survives car crash, being trampled at football game
Fire survivor remembers friends who died
Tripp Wylie jumped from third floor into canal, but girlfriend did not follow
Trio battles to save house from fire
With shovels and hose, men battle blaze that consumed so many homes
Couple regrets not preparing better for fire
Tere and Mike Miller regret not preparing better for threat from wildfires
The miracle under the mattress
Michigan boy, 14 months, somehow survives wild ride in a tornado
Lawnmower sends a nail into man's heart
Long Island man was lucky to survive this one-in-a-million freak accident
Family: God watched over missing autistic teen
Family of autistic teen lost in woods for 4 days thankful for good weather
Fast-food restaurateur battles robber
He tells TODAY he heard gun click, and realized he had to fight or die
Woman saved from oncoming train
Betsy DeVall says says Sgt. Marcus O’Shields is her ‘guardian angel’
Exclusive: Lost in the woods, for 13 days
Doris Anderson, 76, somehow survived the elements for nearly two weeks
The attack of the 12-foot python
Infection, not the bite of the non-venomous snake, worried researcher most
Pilot describes how he cheated death
Bob Robertson cheated death when plane disintegrated around him
Woman trapped for a week fighting for her life
Tanya Rider fighting for her life after being trapped in car for eight days
Stingray victim recalls attack
Fisherman lived because he could not pull out the barb stuck in his heart
Bear attack victim: ‘It was surreal’
Despite serious injuries to his head and arm, he wants to visit park again
Sisters' parasailing tragedy
Amber White, 15, died because the industry is unregulated, mother says
Freed Iranian prisoner still wondering why
Dr. Haleh Esfandiari tells TODAY she passed time reading and writing
Miracle? Comatose woman wakes, asks for Mexican food
Jill Finley recalls asking for Mexican food after husband prepared for worst
Geraldine Ferraro on surviving cancer
The former vice-presidential candidate is living with multiple myeloma
Survivors: Hot air balloon went up fast
People who escaped fireball that killed two had no time to think, only react
American describes fleeing burning jetliner
American describes fleeing jetliner with family on Okinawa airport tarmac

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