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Dec. 11: Run-in with shark ‘a terrifying experience’: TODAY hosts talk to scuba divers Patrick Walsh and Paul Damgaard about how they survived when a great white shark burst into their protective cage.

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A gator victim who got a new high-tech hand; a mom who woke from a coma; a police officer who flatlined twice. Learn how all these people and others came through life-threatening situations.

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updated 1:23 p.m. ET Dec. 11, 2008

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