Some people find extraordinary reserves of courage when placed in life or death situations.
Rescue Emergency is a three-part series that celebrates daring rescue service workers and brave bystanders.
The three events featured in the series are:
The Brighton Bombing
The Brighton Bombing goes back to 1984, when the IRA detonated a massive bomb at Brighton’s Grand Hotel in an attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher and her government.
With the devastated hotel near collapse, fire-fighters ignored the danger to help limit the death total to a mere five fatalities. Lord Tebbit, whose wife Margaret was seriously injured in the blast recounts his traumatic experience.
Avalanche
Avalanche revisits the French village that was engulfed by 300,000 cubic metres of snow in February 1999. With the rescue services unable to reach the isolated hamlet, it was left to locals to risk their lives to dig out the people buried.
Iranian Embassy Siege
Iranian Embassy Siege recalls the six-day siege that developed after terrorists stormed the Iranian Embassy in London in April 1980. As the situation worsened and the terrorist leader threatened to begin killing his 26 hostages, we are shown rare footage of the SAS’s preparations to mount an audacious rescue that was applauded around the world.