Discovery Channel airs inspiring true stories

MANILA, Philippines - Discovery Channel’s series I Shouldn’t Be Alive returns this month, with more incredible stories of ordinary people unwittingly thrown into dire situations but beat unimaginable odds to survive. Faced with moral dilemmas and forced to make desperate decisions, relive every moment of their physical and emotional journeys that test the resilience of the human spirit.

I Shouldn’t Be Alive airs every Tuesday at 9 p.m. starting April 27. Repeat airings are held Mondays at 5.m., Wednesdays at 12 a.m. 7 a.m. and 2 p.m., Thursdays at 10 a.m., Fridays at 5 a.m. and 9 a.m., Saturdays at 12 p.m. and 8 p.m, and Sundays at 6 a.m. and 4 p.m.

I Shouldn’t Be Alive explores the best true stories of survival, focusing on the moral dilemmas, crucial moments, chance events and life-or-death decisions faced by these survivors. In each episode, survivors of death-defying ordeals recall their experiences at the edge of human endurance and the moment of truth that kept them alive.

From battling a raging blizzard the snowy wilderness of Kyrgzstan and drifting in shark-infested waters in Costa Rica, to surviving a savage grizzly attack in the mountains of Montana and facing wild animals in Africa, I Shouldn’t Be Alive reveals our most basic instints as we react to these extreme situations.

The series also shows how our bodies cope with injury in times of stress, detailing the amazing intricacies and profound depths of the human condition.

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