I'm Alive

Without claws, venom or razor-sharp teeth, humans are no physical match for our wildlife counterparts. Given our natural disadvantages, a confrontation with an animal can easily turn deadly. However, there are times when no a of size or power can overcome a much stronger nent - a person's will to live. I'm Alive features the inspirational stories of people who - regardless of the obstacles or consequences - were determined to survive an animal attack. In one moment, a chance encounter with an animal can take your life away, but these victims decided to take life back. In Colorado, teenager Mike Makens fights for survival after being bitten by a black widow. On the other side of the world, Jeremy McGill is left clinging to life after being attacked by a wild elephant in China. Sixteen-year-old Craig Hutto faces a terrifying battle after being attacked by a bull shark in the shallows of Florida's coast, and a wedding celebration comes to a horrific conclusion when the her of the bride is mauled by a leopard. A young woman is stung by a scorpion while deployed in Iraq, leading to an emergency airlift over enemy territory. In South Africa, a teenage boy falls prey to three huge lions as his terrified mother looks on helplessly. A deputy sheriff faces overwhelming odds after being bitten by a rattlesnake while hiking deep in the woods, and Hawaiian native Tonga Loumoli begins a fight for his own life after being impaled in the chest by a crocodile needlefish. A lifeguard is attacked by a great white shark in South Africa, and karate instructor Bruce Kanegai faces a frightening race against time after being bitten by a rattlesnake. A family is swarmed by Africanized killer bees in rural Texas, and a wedding anniversary is cut short when Krishna Thompson is attacked by a bull shark in the Bahamas. A visit to a chimpanzee sanctuary in Sierra Leone turns to tragedy as a group of friends are thrust into a brutal fight for their lives, and a her clings to life after being bitten by a European viper. On a remote Alaskan Island, Dr. John Raster's annual vacation turns to horror when he is mauled by a brown bear. Deep in the South African bush, hundreds of miles from safety, a deadly black mamba strikes wildlife researcher Danie Pienaar. In Florida, a lakeside celebration turns tragic when Kasey Edwards is attacked by an alligator. In Australia, Bruce Campton and accepts a job with catastrophic consequences after he is struck five times by a death adder. After a black bear attacks her family in a Tennessee park, mother Susan Cenkus risks her own life to save those of her children. In Miami, Lawrence van Sertima is bitten by one of the deadliest snakes in the world, a taipan.

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