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Nick Knowles presents stories of people who have survived extraordinary near misses, with real-time CCTV and phone recordings and the dramatic accounts of both the rescuers and rescued. \n\nA woman is trapped in her loft-conversion bedroom while a fire rages below her. When a young boy falls from a promenade while chasing after his dog, rescuers race against the incoming tide.
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