Documentary special that offers tips on how to survive natural and personal disasters and focuses on life-and-death dramas recounted by people who actually survived them. Segments include: an Oklahoma tornado of May 3, 1999; a Sioux City, South Dakota, plane crash of July 19, 1989; a Newton, Massachusetts, office building blaze of February 9, 2000; a Rochester, Minnesota, store restroom attack of October 5, 1997; and a home invasion of February 12, 1996. Includes dramatic re-enactments.