1 00:00:02,915 --> 00:00:05,875 WILLIAM SHATNER: Horrific plane crashes, 2 00:00:05,918 --> 00:00:09,183 far from civilization... 3 00:00:09,226 --> 00:00:11,359 failing parachutes, 4 00:00:11,402 --> 00:00:14,362 sending skydivers plummeting to the ground... 5 00:00:16,581 --> 00:00:20,542 ...and freezing temperatures that no one... 6 00:00:20,585 --> 00:00:22,326 should be able to survive. 7 00:00:25,982 --> 00:00:30,030 How do some people live through the impossible? 8 00:00:30,073 --> 00:00:32,684 Is it divine intervention? 9 00:00:32,728 --> 00:00:34,121 Luck? 10 00:00:34,164 --> 00:00:38,125 Or could it be something else? 11 00:00:38,168 --> 00:00:40,866 Something incredible. 12 00:00:40,910 --> 00:00:46,655 Well, that is what we'll try and find out. 13 00:01:02,801 --> 00:01:05,456 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. 14 00:01:05,500 --> 00:01:08,459 November 1992. 15 00:01:08,503 --> 00:01:12,550 Banker Annette Herfkens, her fiancé, 16 00:01:12,594 --> 00:01:16,772 and 29 other passengers board a small plane 17 00:01:16,815 --> 00:01:20,819 and head to the coastal town of Nha Trang for a vacation. 18 00:01:22,778 --> 00:01:25,650 But what is supposed to be a short, routine flight 19 00:01:25,694 --> 00:01:30,307 is about to turn into a nightmare. 20 00:01:32,396 --> 00:01:34,616 When I saw the plane, I didn't want to enter it 21 00:01:34,659 --> 00:01:36,618 because it was awfully small 22 00:01:36,661 --> 00:01:38,924 and I am very claustrophobic. 23 00:01:38,968 --> 00:01:41,797 And... I said there's no way I'm entering that plane. 24 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:44,408 I'm not gonna go in there. It looks old but mostly small. 25 00:01:44,452 --> 00:01:48,108 And my fiancé said, "Well, don't worry, don't... 26 00:01:48,151 --> 00:01:50,240 "You have to. It's only 55 minutes. 27 00:01:50,284 --> 00:01:53,374 "And do it for us because I have this beautiful vacation planned, 28 00:01:53,417 --> 00:01:55,854 "and I knew you were gonna speak up about it. 29 00:01:55,898 --> 00:01:57,204 But please, please do it." 30 00:01:58,988 --> 00:02:02,600 And then we entered from the back of the plane. 31 00:02:02,644 --> 00:02:07,692 So we sat down and were told to buckle our seat belts. 32 00:02:07,736 --> 00:02:09,694 And they were going across, and then 33 00:02:09,738 --> 00:02:11,174 I was restrained enough as it is, 34 00:02:11,218 --> 00:02:13,045 and I did not buckle my seat belt. 35 00:02:14,525 --> 00:02:17,528 And the flight took off. 36 00:02:17,572 --> 00:02:18,877 For the next 30 minutes, 37 00:02:18,921 --> 00:02:20,923 I just kept counting the minutes. 38 00:02:20,966 --> 00:02:25,449 And at 50 minutes there was a gigantic drop. 39 00:02:25,493 --> 00:02:27,756 -And people were screaming, 40 00:02:27,799 --> 00:02:30,672 and my fiancé looked at me, and he said, 41 00:02:30,715 --> 00:02:32,587 "Well, this I don't like." 42 00:02:35,633 --> 00:02:37,766 And then another drop. 43 00:02:41,987 --> 00:02:43,685 More people screaming. 44 00:02:43,728 --> 00:02:47,471 He reached for my hand, and I reached for his. 45 00:02:47,515 --> 00:02:49,169 And then everything went black. 46 00:02:51,301 --> 00:02:54,696 I woke up to this eerie sound of the jungle. 47 00:02:58,265 --> 00:03:00,963 The plane broke in three pieces: 48 00:03:01,006 --> 00:03:04,575 the wings, the fuselage and the cockpit. 49 00:03:04,619 --> 00:03:07,361 Then I looked at my left, and there I saw my fiancé, 50 00:03:07,404 --> 00:03:09,667 still strapped in his seat. 51 00:03:11,974 --> 00:03:13,280 He was dead. 52 00:03:17,762 --> 00:03:20,635 SHATNER: In shock, grief-stricken, 53 00:03:20,678 --> 00:03:22,724 and with her legs and hips broken, 54 00:03:22,767 --> 00:03:26,728 Annette painfully pulls herself out of the wreckage... 55 00:03:26,771 --> 00:03:32,429 only to find that every passenger on board has perished, 56 00:03:32,473 --> 00:03:34,910 except her. 57 00:03:34,953 --> 00:03:38,609 It all seems... impossible. 58 00:03:40,655 --> 00:03:43,440 In this plane crash, Annette was the only survivor. 59 00:03:45,834 --> 00:03:48,532 Of 31 people, she's the only one that survived. 60 00:03:48,576 --> 00:03:50,839 Did it have to do with just the randomness 61 00:03:50,882 --> 00:03:52,667 of her being in the right seat 62 00:03:52,710 --> 00:03:55,931 that hit the ground in just the right place, 63 00:03:55,974 --> 00:03:58,716 that had just the right structural integrity 64 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:00,544 based on how they crashed? 65 00:04:00,588 --> 00:04:02,503 Or could it be something else? 66 00:04:04,287 --> 00:04:06,071 JEFF WISE: When we hear stories of survival, 67 00:04:06,115 --> 00:04:08,683 we sort of imagine, "Could I learn from that? 68 00:04:08,726 --> 00:04:10,337 Could I do that?" 69 00:04:10,380 --> 00:04:12,513 And many times we can't. 70 00:04:12,556 --> 00:04:16,038 Maybe they're lucky or-or maybe they're just some X factor 71 00:04:16,081 --> 00:04:17,648 that we'll never really get our heads around. 72 00:04:19,563 --> 00:04:22,827 THOMAS COYNE: We know the safest places to sit on a plane, 73 00:04:22,871 --> 00:04:24,873 and we know generally our seat belts 74 00:04:24,916 --> 00:04:26,744 will save us in the event of a crash, 75 00:04:26,788 --> 00:04:29,094 but this was the one instance 76 00:04:29,138 --> 00:04:31,401 where the seat belt not being attached saved her. 77 00:04:31,445 --> 00:04:33,316 Who could have predicted that? 78 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:36,145 There's too many variables at play. 79 00:04:40,280 --> 00:04:42,151 SHATNER: Miles from civilization, 80 00:04:42,194 --> 00:04:43,979 injured and alone, 81 00:04:44,022 --> 00:04:46,764 Annette finds herself in an unbearable predicament. 82 00:04:46,808 --> 00:04:50,638 But somehow, from somewhere deep inside her, 83 00:04:50,681 --> 00:04:55,382 she finds a way to survive. 84 00:04:55,425 --> 00:04:58,472 I felt this enormous energy lifting me up. 85 00:04:58,515 --> 00:05:01,605 I would just be quiet... 86 00:05:04,913 --> 00:05:08,525 ...and listen to my instincts, just make it complete quiet. 87 00:05:16,620 --> 00:05:18,318 You breathe out all the way... 88 00:05:24,193 --> 00:05:25,847 ...and then you listen to this other voice 89 00:05:25,890 --> 00:05:26,935 we all carry inside of us. 90 00:05:29,154 --> 00:05:30,721 I completely felt that 91 00:05:30,765 --> 00:05:32,941 things would work out. 92 00:05:35,552 --> 00:05:37,380 What's interesting to me about this case 93 00:05:37,424 --> 00:05:39,904 is that Annette attributes her survival 94 00:05:39,948 --> 00:05:42,124 to hearing this mysterious voice. 95 00:05:44,692 --> 00:05:47,782 WHITEHEAD: I can only imagine what that must have been like. 96 00:05:47,825 --> 00:05:50,741 The plane has crashed in the Vietnam jungle, 97 00:05:50,785 --> 00:05:54,005 you have a broken hip, you're surrounded by wreckage, 98 00:05:54,049 --> 00:05:57,792 dead bodies, and here you have this voice telling you, 99 00:05:57,835 --> 00:06:01,099 "Don't lose hope." 100 00:06:01,143 --> 00:06:04,059 I just listened to that voice and I acted on it. 101 00:06:04,102 --> 00:06:06,670 And it said, "Make a plan, 102 00:06:06,714 --> 00:06:08,759 "divide it in achievable steps. 103 00:06:08,803 --> 00:06:11,022 "And when you achieve one of those steps, 104 00:06:11,066 --> 00:06:12,415 congratulate yourself." 105 00:06:12,459 --> 00:06:14,504 That's exactly what I did. 106 00:06:14,548 --> 00:06:17,028 I realized that I was gonna need some water. 107 00:06:17,072 --> 00:06:19,944 So I looked at the wing of the plane, 108 00:06:19,988 --> 00:06:22,425 insulation material was some kind of foam, 109 00:06:22,469 --> 00:06:24,166 so I figured that could work as a sponge. 110 00:06:24,209 --> 00:06:27,125 And then I made 111 00:06:27,169 --> 00:06:30,041 seven little bowls, 112 00:06:30,085 --> 00:06:34,872 and I lined them up for it to rain, 113 00:06:34,916 --> 00:06:36,613 and then it rained and it poured. 114 00:06:40,312 --> 00:06:42,489 And then I was very happy to see 115 00:06:42,532 --> 00:06:45,883 these little bowls filling up with water. 116 00:06:45,927 --> 00:06:47,842 Tasted like the best champagne as you can imagine. 117 00:06:51,367 --> 00:06:53,761 She was able to survive the plane crash, 118 00:06:53,804 --> 00:06:55,632 but maybe what was even more remarkable 119 00:06:55,676 --> 00:06:58,548 is that she was able to survive eight days in the jungle 120 00:06:58,592 --> 00:07:01,464 with no prior 121 00:07:01,508 --> 00:07:04,815 jungle training or experience 122 00:07:04,859 --> 00:07:09,733 and no conditioning to be in the jungle. 123 00:07:09,777 --> 00:07:11,648 Of course, being the only survivor, 124 00:07:11,692 --> 00:07:13,824 it's an incredible story, but then 125 00:07:13,868 --> 00:07:17,306 the survival happens because you hear a voice 126 00:07:17,349 --> 00:07:19,787 directing you through it. 127 00:07:19,830 --> 00:07:23,921 It just shows how we know very little about what happens 128 00:07:23,965 --> 00:07:27,359 in these kind of encounters and situations. 129 00:07:27,403 --> 00:07:30,319 On the afternoon on the eighth days, out of nowhere... 130 00:07:32,452 --> 00:07:34,236 ...men came up the mountain... 131 00:07:37,065 --> 00:07:40,503 ...and they showed me a passenger list, 132 00:07:40,547 --> 00:07:43,854 and I had to point out my name. 133 00:07:43,898 --> 00:07:47,249 I just realized how amazing it was that they actually found me. 134 00:07:47,292 --> 00:07:51,122 SHATNER: It may have been random chance 135 00:07:51,166 --> 00:07:54,082 that allowed Annette to live through the horrific crash, 136 00:07:54,125 --> 00:07:58,173 but what was the so-called voice 137 00:07:58,216 --> 00:08:02,525 that gave her the guidance she needed to survive? 138 00:08:02,569 --> 00:08:05,093 TAYLOR: A lot of people, when they get into dangerous situations, 139 00:08:05,136 --> 00:08:07,182 they'll say that they had a voice tell them 140 00:08:07,225 --> 00:08:09,445 that they needed to do this, they needed to do that. 141 00:08:09,489 --> 00:08:14,319 We don't really know scientifically 142 00:08:14,363 --> 00:08:17,279 where these inner voices that tell you to get out 143 00:08:17,322 --> 00:08:20,761 of the dangerous situation are coming from. 144 00:08:20,804 --> 00:08:23,241 Is it some kind of deep-seated, 145 00:08:23,285 --> 00:08:27,071 electro-biochemical, uh, force 146 00:08:27,115 --> 00:08:28,899 that's-that's innate in the brain 147 00:08:28,943 --> 00:08:30,553 that suddenly gets activated? 148 00:08:30,597 --> 00:08:34,209 Or is it something that comes from outside? 149 00:08:34,252 --> 00:08:35,819 Is it faith 150 00:08:35,863 --> 00:08:38,474 from an outside power that brings that energy 151 00:08:38,518 --> 00:08:41,303 to the person who's in desperate need? 152 00:08:41,346 --> 00:08:45,307 Whether or not you view yourself as strong and capable, 153 00:08:45,350 --> 00:08:48,484 you have the potential to tap into these things 154 00:08:48,528 --> 00:08:49,790 and get in tune 155 00:08:49,833 --> 00:08:51,922 with these strengths, with these capabilities, 156 00:08:51,966 --> 00:08:54,925 whether you know it or not. 157 00:08:54,969 --> 00:08:57,624 Maybe there is something to this inner voice 158 00:08:57,667 --> 00:08:59,277 telling them the right way, 159 00:08:59,321 --> 00:09:02,367 and maybe some people have a better inner voice than others, 160 00:09:02,411 --> 00:09:05,414 and maybe there's just some dumb luck involved. 161 00:09:05,457 --> 00:09:07,155 It's possible 162 00:09:07,198 --> 00:09:09,592 that it's just one of those unexplained mysteries 163 00:09:09,636 --> 00:09:12,464 that we're never gonna figure out. 164 00:09:12,508 --> 00:09:14,815 We all have that voice inside of us 165 00:09:14,858 --> 00:09:17,382 that we can listen to, 166 00:09:17,426 --> 00:09:21,691 and in extreme situations it's always there to help you. 167 00:09:21,735 --> 00:09:24,346 Just listen to that voice. Be silent. 168 00:09:24,389 --> 00:09:25,913 It's there, it's there. 169 00:09:25,956 --> 00:09:30,091 SHATNER: Did Annette Herfkens 170 00:09:30,134 --> 00:09:33,529 manage to survive a deadly plane crash because of luck? 171 00:09:33,573 --> 00:09:36,184 A simple twist of fate? 172 00:09:36,227 --> 00:09:39,100 Or was there something inside her, 173 00:09:39,143 --> 00:09:41,929 a hidden reserve of willpower perhaps, 174 00:09:41,972 --> 00:09:46,063 that gave her the means of staying alive? 175 00:09:46,107 --> 00:09:48,152 It's an interesting question. 176 00:09:48,196 --> 00:09:50,764 And there are some who believe the answer can be found 177 00:09:50,807 --> 00:09:52,940 by examining accounts of people 178 00:09:52,983 --> 00:09:56,117 who have also found a way of cheating death 179 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,424 by using superhuman strength. 180 00:10:04,560 --> 00:10:05,996 SHATNER: Melbourne, Australia. 181 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:08,477 August 1, 2013. 182 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:09,739 High above the city, 183 00:10:09,783 --> 00:10:11,741 22-year-old Brad Guy 184 00:10:11,785 --> 00:10:15,658 is excited to make his first skydiving jump. 185 00:10:15,702 --> 00:10:20,707 The self-professed adrenaline junkie wants to push the limits, 186 00:10:20,750 --> 00:10:23,361 but he'll soon find that this is going to be 187 00:10:23,405 --> 00:10:27,061 the fall of his life. 188 00:10:27,104 --> 00:10:29,237 I was given the opportunity to choose 189 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,195 which height I wanted to jump from. 190 00:10:31,239 --> 00:10:34,895 And I decided to go as high as possible, which was 15,000 feet, 191 00:10:34,938 --> 00:10:36,418 very high. 192 00:10:36,461 --> 00:10:38,812 So my tandem instructor ran me through 193 00:10:38,855 --> 00:10:40,727 how it would feel to jump 194 00:10:40,770 --> 00:10:44,078 and what I need to do to ensure maximum safety. 195 00:10:44,121 --> 00:10:46,167 Then he asked me if I had any final questions. 196 00:10:46,210 --> 00:10:48,299 I think because I was so nervous, 197 00:10:48,343 --> 00:10:52,042 I made the joke saying, "I hope my parachute opens." 198 00:10:55,045 --> 00:10:58,832 I remember when that rickety door of the aircraft opened 199 00:10:58,875 --> 00:11:00,703 and my instructor just edging me closer and closer, 200 00:11:00,747 --> 00:11:03,401 I was so terrified. 201 00:11:03,445 --> 00:11:08,232 And eventually my instructor said, "Three, two, one, jump," 202 00:11:08,276 --> 00:11:10,060 and he pushed us out. 203 00:11:14,456 --> 00:11:16,501 I was moving so fast that I couldn't even comprehend. 204 00:11:16,545 --> 00:11:21,593 Just that four, five, seven seconds of free fall, 205 00:11:21,637 --> 00:11:23,160 it's totally euphoric. 206 00:11:23,204 --> 00:11:26,424 It's indescribable. It's kind of like magic. 207 00:11:26,468 --> 00:11:28,470 TAYLOR: When a skydiver jumps out of a plane, 208 00:11:28,513 --> 00:11:29,950 they're accelerated by gravity, 209 00:11:29,993 --> 00:11:32,648 at a rate of 32 feet per second, per second. 210 00:11:32,692 --> 00:11:33,605 His speed would have been upwards 211 00:11:33,649 --> 00:11:35,738 over a hundred miles per hour. 212 00:11:35,782 --> 00:11:39,437 SHATNER: Brad's skydive is an even greater thrill than he expected. 213 00:11:39,481 --> 00:11:42,963 But as he and his instructor plunge toward the ground, 214 00:11:43,006 --> 00:11:46,401 something goes horribly awry. 215 00:11:46,444 --> 00:11:50,274 There just was this point when, as we were falling, 216 00:11:50,318 --> 00:11:53,147 I was expecting a thrust of a parachute to come 217 00:11:53,190 --> 00:11:56,367 as per the safety instructions, and it never came. 218 00:11:58,761 --> 00:12:01,285 I felt a bit of a thrust from a parachute, 219 00:12:01,329 --> 00:12:02,809 but it wasn't enough to slow us down. 220 00:12:04,854 --> 00:12:07,291 And that's when I noticed that the first parachute, 221 00:12:07,335 --> 00:12:09,903 it's been deployed, but it hasn't opened. 222 00:12:12,253 --> 00:12:16,213 And the emergency parachute got stuck in the original parachute. 223 00:12:16,257 --> 00:12:17,606 And because they are tangled together, 224 00:12:17,649 --> 00:12:18,738 we're not slowing down. 225 00:12:20,696 --> 00:12:24,656 We were tumbling towards the ground from 15,000 feet. 226 00:12:24,700 --> 00:12:26,615 I start freaking out. I'm really panicking. 227 00:12:26,658 --> 00:12:30,010 All I could really see was the earth getting closer and closer. 228 00:12:30,053 --> 00:12:33,274 And I knew I was going to hit the ground and die.... 229 00:12:38,192 --> 00:12:43,501 The impact just smashed through my body. 230 00:12:43,545 --> 00:12:46,374 It really didn't feel like a fall, 231 00:12:46,417 --> 00:12:49,116 it almost felt like the earth just came and hit me. 232 00:12:49,159 --> 00:12:52,989 And when I hit the ground, I'm still strapped to my instructor. 233 00:12:53,033 --> 00:12:54,338 He's unconscious. 234 00:12:54,382 --> 00:12:57,254 Eventually he did come to. 235 00:12:57,298 --> 00:12:59,648 We were just strapped to each other, screaming. 236 00:12:59,691 --> 00:13:01,432 I remember I was just hysterically crying, 237 00:13:01,476 --> 00:13:05,088 so confused, having no idea what had happened. 238 00:13:05,132 --> 00:13:07,569 Partially still thinking that I was actually dead. 239 00:13:07,612 --> 00:13:10,398 SHATNER: Against all odds, 240 00:13:10,441 --> 00:13:14,010 the two men survive a fall of nearly three miles. 241 00:13:14,054 --> 00:13:17,884 Brad and his instructor are rushed to the hospital, 242 00:13:17,927 --> 00:13:21,844 where they both begin a long and miraculous recovery. 243 00:13:21,888 --> 00:13:23,803 GUY: My physical injuries, 244 00:13:23,846 --> 00:13:26,675 I broke my upper spine, fractured my lower spine, 245 00:13:26,718 --> 00:13:28,416 tore the ligaments in my neck, 246 00:13:28,459 --> 00:13:32,159 cracked and bruised ribs, mild head concussion. 247 00:13:32,202 --> 00:13:36,554 I had suspected that I was a quadriplegic. 248 00:13:36,598 --> 00:13:38,252 I was numb from the neck down. 249 00:13:38,295 --> 00:13:41,429 It took me a long time to feel my body again. 250 00:13:41,472 --> 00:13:45,999 You would think that, after all these years and all the time 251 00:13:46,042 --> 00:13:48,828 I've had to reflect on it, that I would be able to look 252 00:13:48,871 --> 00:13:51,352 at the situation and seriously ask myself, 253 00:13:51,395 --> 00:13:54,268 was this luck or is it just all the odds 254 00:13:54,311 --> 00:13:57,053 being in my favor on a particular day? 255 00:13:57,097 --> 00:14:00,056 I don't know. I don't know. 256 00:14:00,100 --> 00:14:01,884 I would love to know. 257 00:14:03,755 --> 00:14:06,454 COYNE: Sometimes, when humans face extreme danger, 258 00:14:06,497 --> 00:14:08,369 the normal parts of our operating brain 259 00:14:08,412 --> 00:14:09,936 kind of get pushed aside 260 00:14:09,979 --> 00:14:12,503 and the sympathetic nervous system kicks in 261 00:14:12,547 --> 00:14:16,246 and can institute an adrenaline rush into the body, 262 00:14:16,290 --> 00:14:19,771 which can do some amazing things. 263 00:14:19,815 --> 00:14:22,165 It forces blood into the muscles 264 00:14:22,209 --> 00:14:24,733 and pumps them up and becomes hard to strengthen 265 00:14:24,776 --> 00:14:28,911 and protect your skeletal system and connective tissue. 266 00:14:28,955 --> 00:14:31,914 NARRATOR: Was a surge of adrenaline responsible 267 00:14:31,958 --> 00:14:35,570 for protecting Brad's body from the extreme impact? 268 00:14:35,613 --> 00:14:40,140 Or was there something even more incredible going on? 269 00:14:40,183 --> 00:14:42,707 Perhaps an explanation can be found 270 00:14:42,751 --> 00:14:46,450 by examining another case of survival. 271 00:14:46,494 --> 00:14:48,975 One that involves an extraordinary feat 272 00:14:49,018 --> 00:14:51,368 performed by an ordinary man. 273 00:14:54,458 --> 00:14:58,549 Tucson, Arizona, July 26, 2006. 274 00:14:58,593 --> 00:15:02,597 Tom Boyle, a supervisor at a local aerospace company, 275 00:15:02,640 --> 00:15:04,904 is driving home with his wife. 276 00:15:04,947 --> 00:15:08,516 The couple are about to exit a parking lot 277 00:15:08,559 --> 00:15:10,866 when another car pulls alongside them. 278 00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:13,913 What happens next actually changes Tom 279 00:15:13,956 --> 00:15:18,613 in ways that seem to defy the very laws of nature. 280 00:15:22,269 --> 00:15:25,054 The driver-- he had taken upon himself to peel out 281 00:15:25,098 --> 00:15:27,448 out of the parking lot, and as he did that, 282 00:15:27,491 --> 00:15:31,539 he sucked in a, a bicyclist underneath the vehicle. 283 00:15:31,582 --> 00:15:34,455 I jump out of the car. I go running after the Camaro. 284 00:15:34,498 --> 00:15:37,284 And as I approached the Camaro, there was a boy underneath 285 00:15:37,327 --> 00:15:39,721 on a bicycle, yelling for help 286 00:15:39,764 --> 00:15:42,985 and asking people to please get the car off him. 287 00:15:43,029 --> 00:15:45,596 I just reacted. 288 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:49,035 SHATNER: As the boy's cries ring out, Tom has no time to think. 289 00:15:49,078 --> 00:15:52,429 A powerful force comes alive inside him. 290 00:15:52,473 --> 00:15:55,824 A force that allows Tom 291 00:15:55,867 --> 00:15:58,870 to do the impossible. 292 00:15:58,914 --> 00:16:01,177 BOYLE: It just got me so, 293 00:16:01,221 --> 00:16:05,921 I guess, nervous and, uh, compelled to help 294 00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:08,358 that I just lifted the side of the car. 295 00:16:08,402 --> 00:16:11,100 As I started lifting the car, I could hear the bicyclist 296 00:16:11,144 --> 00:16:13,842 telling me, "Higher, higher, mister, please go higher." 297 00:16:13,885 --> 00:16:16,410 So I did. 298 00:16:16,453 --> 00:16:18,542 I just held it as long as I possibly could, 299 00:16:18,586 --> 00:16:20,370 and I just thought, "Don't let go." 300 00:16:20,414 --> 00:16:22,764 And fortunately we got him out. 301 00:16:22,807 --> 00:16:26,246 I'm six-three, at that time I was 275 pounds, 302 00:16:26,289 --> 00:16:31,686 and, uh, the most I've ever lifted, I think, was... 303 00:16:31,729 --> 00:16:33,688 800 pounds? 304 00:16:33,731 --> 00:16:36,125 As I lifted the car, 305 00:16:36,169 --> 00:16:37,953 I never thought about how much it weighed. 306 00:16:37,997 --> 00:16:39,781 I just thought about saving this kid. 307 00:16:39,824 --> 00:16:41,304 WISE: Now, Tom's a big guy. 308 00:16:41,348 --> 00:16:44,655 Solid guy, but we're talking about a car, okay? 309 00:16:44,699 --> 00:16:47,049 This is a car that weighs about 3,000 pounds, 310 00:16:47,093 --> 00:16:49,747 and yet he just jacks it up. 311 00:16:49,791 --> 00:16:51,619 Bare hands, lifts this thing up. 312 00:16:51,662 --> 00:16:55,318 Human beings can't normally just lift cars. 313 00:16:55,362 --> 00:16:56,754 MICHAEL DENNIN: These situations where people 314 00:16:56,798 --> 00:16:59,061 manage to do superhuman feats of strength, 315 00:16:59,105 --> 00:17:00,758 like lift a car off someone, 316 00:17:00,802 --> 00:17:03,631 as often happens in science, these are rare events. 317 00:17:03,674 --> 00:17:05,546 We don't have detailed measurements. 318 00:17:05,589 --> 00:17:08,679 And so really understanding the true biophysics and physiology 319 00:17:08,723 --> 00:17:11,552 of all the details that go in remain a bit of a mystery 320 00:17:11,595 --> 00:17:14,468 and an interesting area for us to explore going forward. 321 00:17:14,511 --> 00:17:16,252 COYNE: We don't use most of our muscles' capability 322 00:17:16,296 --> 00:17:17,427 throughout the day. 323 00:17:17,471 --> 00:17:19,342 It's capable of much more, 324 00:17:19,386 --> 00:17:22,693 but for some reason, only under these extreme circumstances. 325 00:17:22,737 --> 00:17:27,959 TAYLOR: If we can learn how to control our minds and use it at will, 326 00:17:28,003 --> 00:17:31,137 that would be like being a superhuman, a superhero. 327 00:17:31,180 --> 00:17:34,923 SHANE HOBEL: That will, that power, 328 00:17:34,966 --> 00:17:37,882 is being driven both not only by the adrenaline 329 00:17:37,926 --> 00:17:39,928 but, more importantly, it's that energy. 330 00:17:39,971 --> 00:17:41,364 It's that type of thing in China 331 00:17:41,408 --> 00:17:42,583 that's called fa jin: 332 00:17:42,626 --> 00:17:44,454 "animal explosive energy." 333 00:17:44,498 --> 00:17:49,938 It's a burst of absolute decision. 334 00:17:49,981 --> 00:17:55,335 It's that unknown, that unexplained energetic place 335 00:17:55,378 --> 00:17:57,902 that we all know about, we talk about it, 336 00:17:57,946 --> 00:18:00,949 we have feelings and vibes about these things. 337 00:18:00,992 --> 00:18:03,908 BOYLE: So, this was a once in a lifetime moment for me. 338 00:18:03,952 --> 00:18:06,607 I've never done anything else like this again. 339 00:18:06,650 --> 00:18:09,740 I think you can tap into some amazing power. 340 00:18:09,784 --> 00:18:11,873 I truly do. It's there. 341 00:18:11,916 --> 00:18:14,049 We just have to have a reason to use it. 342 00:18:23,276 --> 00:18:27,497 Sometimes the difference between certain death and survival 343 00:18:27,541 --> 00:18:30,021 isn't only due to adrenaline, 344 00:18:30,065 --> 00:18:32,589 something that's already inside our bodies, 345 00:18:32,633 --> 00:18:36,158 but because of something else. 346 00:18:36,202 --> 00:18:40,728 Something you'd never expect could keep you alive. 347 00:18:43,426 --> 00:18:46,560 Southampton, England. April 10, 1912. 348 00:18:48,692 --> 00:18:52,174 RMS Titanicsets out on her maiden voyage 349 00:18:52,218 --> 00:18:54,220 bound for New York. 350 00:18:56,483 --> 00:18:58,137 Billed as "unsinkable," 351 00:18:58,180 --> 00:19:00,965 the more-than-46,000-ton vessel offers 352 00:19:01,009 --> 00:19:05,448 passengers the very latest in transatlantic comfort. 353 00:19:05,492 --> 00:19:08,582 But what the men, women and children on board don't know 354 00:19:08,625 --> 00:19:12,151 and could never suspect is that Titanic 355 00:19:12,194 --> 00:19:17,025 will not reach its intended destination. 356 00:19:17,068 --> 00:19:22,596 The Titanichad 2,208 on board-- uh, 891 of whom were crew. 357 00:19:22,639 --> 00:19:26,991 The Titanicwas not just the largest and most luxurious 358 00:19:27,035 --> 00:19:29,603 ocean liner of the time, but it was also seen 359 00:19:29,646 --> 00:19:31,387 as a kind of industrial miracle. 360 00:19:31,431 --> 00:19:35,217 It was the largest moving object in human history. 361 00:19:39,265 --> 00:19:42,572 It was four days into its voyage. 362 00:19:42,616 --> 00:19:45,227 Very late in the evening, about 20 minutes before midnight, 363 00:19:45,271 --> 00:19:49,579 the lookout spotted a growler iceberg in its path. 364 00:19:49,623 --> 00:19:51,233 Iceberg dead ahead, sir. 365 00:19:51,277 --> 00:19:53,409 Iceberg dead ahead, sir. 366 00:19:53,453 --> 00:19:56,586 And unfortunately the ship was going too fast. 367 00:19:56,630 --> 00:19:59,502 -Hard to starboard. -HUGH BREWSTER: They tried to turn the ship, 368 00:19:59,546 --> 00:20:05,247 but the iceberg struck along the starboard bow, 369 00:20:05,291 --> 00:20:08,729 bashing in the riveted steel plates 370 00:20:08,772 --> 00:20:11,384 that comprised the Titanic'shull. 371 00:20:11,427 --> 00:20:15,649 The Titanic was proclaimed unsinkable 372 00:20:15,692 --> 00:20:19,305 because it had 16 so-called watertight compartments, 373 00:20:19,348 --> 00:20:25,528 except only the first forward four compartments at the bow 374 00:20:25,572 --> 00:20:29,619 and four compartments at the stern were truly watertight. 375 00:20:29,663 --> 00:20:35,103 And this was the fatal flaw because the iceberg breached 376 00:20:35,146 --> 00:20:38,280 more than the first four compartments. 377 00:20:38,324 --> 00:20:40,891 And the order was given to man the lifeboats. 378 00:20:43,416 --> 00:20:46,157 It's endlessly repeated that there weren't enough lifeboats 379 00:20:46,201 --> 00:20:49,770 on the Titanic,and strictly speaking, it's true. 380 00:20:49,813 --> 00:20:52,468 Every passenger and every crew member 381 00:20:52,512 --> 00:20:54,992 had a different moment when they began to move 382 00:20:55,036 --> 00:20:57,256 from complacency to concern 383 00:20:57,299 --> 00:20:59,345 and finally to panic. 384 00:20:59,388 --> 00:21:01,521 SHATNER: As panic spreads across the decks 385 00:21:01,564 --> 00:21:04,088 of the Titanic, male passengers scramble 386 00:21:04,132 --> 00:21:06,569 to place their wives and children on lifeboats. 387 00:21:06,613 --> 00:21:08,658 Many unfortunate souls 388 00:21:08,702 --> 00:21:11,270 choose to take their chances by jumping overboard 389 00:21:11,313 --> 00:21:13,794 into the frigid waters of the North Atlantic. 390 00:21:13,837 --> 00:21:16,013 They didn't live long. 391 00:21:16,057 --> 00:21:19,321 That is, with the remarkable exception of one man, 392 00:21:19,365 --> 00:21:22,672 Charles Joughin, the ship's chief baker. 393 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,416 Charles Joughin was asleep in his bunk 394 00:21:27,460 --> 00:21:29,375 when the Titanichit the iceberg, 395 00:21:29,418 --> 00:21:33,553 and where his quarters were, were a part of the ship 396 00:21:33,596 --> 00:21:35,772 that felt the collision quite significantly, 397 00:21:35,816 --> 00:21:37,992 so he sat up with a jolt 398 00:21:38,035 --> 00:21:42,257 and realized that there had been a fairly serious collision 399 00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:45,086 for the ship and he went up on deck to see. 400 00:21:45,129 --> 00:21:47,349 BREWSTER: When he heard that the order 401 00:21:47,393 --> 00:21:50,352 for lifeboats had been given, 402 00:21:50,396 --> 00:21:53,964 he returned to his cabin and poured himself 403 00:21:54,008 --> 00:21:56,793 a tumbler full of liquor, 404 00:21:56,837 --> 00:21:59,361 and he drank a half tumbler full. 405 00:21:59,405 --> 00:22:01,624 Then he went back up on deck 406 00:22:01,668 --> 00:22:05,062 and helped to supervise the loading of lifeboats. 407 00:22:05,106 --> 00:22:07,238 He helped load lifeboat ten. 408 00:22:07,282 --> 00:22:10,329 After that lifeboat was loaded, he went back to his cabin 409 00:22:10,372 --> 00:22:13,114 and had another nip or two so that he was 410 00:22:13,157 --> 00:22:16,073 really quite well-lit as it got later in the night. 411 00:22:16,117 --> 00:22:18,989 RUSSELL: At about 2:10, passengers 412 00:22:19,033 --> 00:22:21,383 reported hearing a sickening roar. 413 00:22:21,427 --> 00:22:23,254 -RUSSELL: That was the bulkheads 414 00:22:23,298 --> 00:22:26,910 giving way after this incredible stress from the incoming ocean. 415 00:22:28,608 --> 00:22:30,392 BREWSTER: After the Titanicbroke in two, 416 00:22:30,436 --> 00:22:32,873 Joughin himself climbed onto the stern railing, 417 00:22:32,916 --> 00:22:35,397 not far from the flagpole. 418 00:22:35,441 --> 00:22:37,660 And as the ship sank, 419 00:22:37,704 --> 00:22:40,054 he rode it down like an elevator. 420 00:22:43,405 --> 00:22:47,409 The water temperature was between -1 and -2 Celsius, 421 00:22:47,453 --> 00:22:51,195 or about 28 Fahrenheit, which is below freezing. 422 00:22:51,239 --> 00:22:54,634 RUSSELL: Then, at about 2:30 a.m., 423 00:22:54,677 --> 00:22:58,420 so ten minutes after the ship disappeared, 424 00:22:58,464 --> 00:23:02,424 the cries for help had finally stopped. 425 00:23:05,471 --> 00:23:08,387 So we would say survival time in that water 426 00:23:08,430 --> 00:23:11,433 was about ten minutes for most passengers and crew. 427 00:23:11,477 --> 00:23:14,654 BREWSTER: Joughin paddled around for a while 428 00:23:14,697 --> 00:23:16,960 and eventually, uh, came across 429 00:23:17,004 --> 00:23:20,007 the overturned collapsible lifeboat, 430 00:23:20,050 --> 00:23:25,316 and at least 28 men found refuge there and survived on the back. 431 00:23:25,360 --> 00:23:28,407 Joughin says he paddled up to the lifeboat and was rebuffed. 432 00:23:28,450 --> 00:23:32,411 They said, "No more men, you'll sink us." 433 00:23:32,454 --> 00:23:35,762 Of the 2,208 passengers and crew 434 00:23:35,805 --> 00:23:38,460 who sailed upon the Titanic on its maiden voyage, 435 00:23:38,504 --> 00:23:42,464 only 712 survived. 436 00:23:42,508 --> 00:23:46,729 1,496 perished. 437 00:23:46,773 --> 00:23:48,601 SHATNER: Among the survivors 438 00:23:48,644 --> 00:23:52,256 was Charles Joughin, who, after floating in 28-degree water 439 00:23:52,300 --> 00:23:56,957 for nearly two hours, managed to stay alive. 440 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,742 But how? 441 00:23:59,786 --> 00:24:02,266 He should have been a candidate to have his legs amputated. 442 00:24:02,310 --> 00:24:05,531 There should have been severe damage, and there wasn't. 443 00:24:05,574 --> 00:24:09,099 Joughin reached New York in relative good health. 444 00:24:09,143 --> 00:24:12,799 He went back to his career at sea not long afterwards. 445 00:24:12,842 --> 00:24:14,322 And when they asked him later, 446 00:24:14,365 --> 00:24:16,367 "What do you think it was that allowed you to survive," 447 00:24:16,411 --> 00:24:20,807 he said that the alcohol warmed his blood and kept him alive. 448 00:24:20,850 --> 00:24:24,201 But no medical science shows that this is the case. 449 00:24:24,245 --> 00:24:27,466 In fact, it's believed that alcohol actually makes it worse 450 00:24:27,509 --> 00:24:31,165 if you're encountering a situation of hypothermia. 451 00:24:31,208 --> 00:24:34,081 BREWSTER: Experts say that when you drink alcohol, 452 00:24:34,124 --> 00:24:37,171 something called vasodilation occurs, 453 00:24:37,214 --> 00:24:39,347 and the blood goes to your skin, 454 00:24:39,390 --> 00:24:42,306 which is why your face turns red if you drink a lot. 455 00:24:42,350 --> 00:24:45,875 So that when you actually are plunged into cold water, 456 00:24:45,919 --> 00:24:48,617 you're more susceptible to hypothermia. 457 00:24:48,661 --> 00:24:52,534 You actually, uh, would die more quickly if you were drunk. 458 00:24:52,578 --> 00:24:55,145 TAYLOR: Alcohol is a toxin. 459 00:24:55,189 --> 00:24:57,583 Perhaps it drives your body temperature up 460 00:24:57,626 --> 00:24:59,672 because your immune system has to kick in 461 00:24:59,715 --> 00:25:02,718 and start fighting off a toxin. Uh, that's one possibility. 462 00:25:02,762 --> 00:25:04,894 Uh, the other possibility is 463 00:25:04,938 --> 00:25:09,116 that the alcohol in his system just kept him calm, 464 00:25:09,159 --> 00:25:12,641 uh, so that he didn't panic and was able to survive longer 465 00:25:12,685 --> 00:25:15,949 because he kept a cool head about it. 466 00:25:15,992 --> 00:25:19,909 So stories like Charles Joughin cause us to question. 467 00:25:19,953 --> 00:25:23,347 Was he different from normal people? 468 00:25:23,391 --> 00:25:25,741 How could he have survived temperatures like that 469 00:25:25,785 --> 00:25:28,875 for that long? 470 00:25:28,918 --> 00:25:31,007 We don't really know the answers to this, 471 00:25:31,051 --> 00:25:32,226 and maybe we'll never know. 472 00:25:33,444 --> 00:25:36,883 SHATNER: Saved by alcohol? 473 00:25:36,926 --> 00:25:38,624 Or was it that, 474 00:25:38,667 --> 00:25:40,408 by being intoxicated, 475 00:25:40,451 --> 00:25:43,803 Charles Joughin simply had no fear? 476 00:25:43,846 --> 00:25:46,457 But whatever the reason, 477 00:25:46,501 --> 00:25:48,938 there are many who believe that the ability 478 00:25:48,982 --> 00:25:52,333 to fearlessly survive almost certain death 479 00:25:52,376 --> 00:25:55,031 isn't limited to adults. 480 00:25:55,075 --> 00:25:58,121 They insist that children also possess 481 00:25:58,165 --> 00:26:01,690 a unique ability to survive danger, 482 00:26:01,734 --> 00:26:04,127 as we will soon find out. 483 00:26:09,437 --> 00:26:11,308 SHATNER: Wallowa, Oregon. 484 00:26:11,352 --> 00:26:14,224 April 1986. 485 00:26:14,268 --> 00:26:17,314 Six-year-old Cody Sheehy is with his family on a picnic 486 00:26:17,358 --> 00:26:19,839 in Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. 487 00:26:19,882 --> 00:26:21,710 The young boy is playing with his older sister 488 00:26:21,754 --> 00:26:24,583 amongst the trees when he gets separated from her. 489 00:26:24,626 --> 00:26:27,281 When he tries to find his way back to the picnic, 490 00:26:27,324 --> 00:26:30,327 he realizes he can't. 491 00:26:30,371 --> 00:26:32,503 RYAN SHEEHY: At some point, my sister had said 492 00:26:32,547 --> 00:26:35,594 that she hadn't seen my brother in a while. 493 00:26:35,637 --> 00:26:39,119 After a few minutes, when my brother still didn't show up, 494 00:26:39,162 --> 00:26:41,338 -we started to call out for him. -Cody! 495 00:26:41,382 --> 00:26:42,905 RYAN: And we thought that would bring him 496 00:26:42,949 --> 00:26:46,126 out of the woods immediately, but there was no response. 497 00:26:46,169 --> 00:26:47,736 And there were several adults out there, 498 00:26:47,780 --> 00:26:50,086 and also my sister and I started to look for him, 499 00:26:50,130 --> 00:26:52,828 yelling out his name, trying to get his attention. 500 00:26:52,872 --> 00:26:56,092 So I'd guess it was maybe 3:00 in the afternoon. 501 00:26:56,136 --> 00:27:00,488 Cody had probably been gone for an hour and a half. 502 00:27:00,531 --> 00:27:03,883 I think at this point my mom was starting to get really worried. 503 00:27:05,841 --> 00:27:07,495 SHATNER: With no sign of the boy, 504 00:27:07,538 --> 00:27:10,019 an official search party is formed. 505 00:27:10,063 --> 00:27:13,066 But as day turns into night, 506 00:27:13,109 --> 00:27:15,938 their desperate attempts to find Cody fail. 507 00:27:15,982 --> 00:27:21,030 The six-year-old is now utterly and completely lost and alone, 508 00:27:21,074 --> 00:27:24,033 wandering the rugged wilderness. 509 00:27:26,427 --> 00:27:29,343 A professional search and rescue team from the county came out. 510 00:27:35,088 --> 00:27:38,613 And one of the first things that they did was they started 511 00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:41,877 by driving the roads and calling out his name. 512 00:27:41,921 --> 00:27:45,620 And they alerted local pilots to start flying over there. 513 00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:47,666 This was a scary situation for us. 514 00:27:47,709 --> 00:27:50,930 -The next morning 515 00:27:50,973 --> 00:27:53,193 my grandmother received a phone call 516 00:27:53,236 --> 00:27:57,110 that he had been found, and that was great news. 517 00:27:58,764 --> 00:28:00,635 It was a huge sense of relief. 518 00:28:03,116 --> 00:28:06,510 My six-year-old logic was that if I could just get home 519 00:28:06,554 --> 00:28:09,252 and get into bed, then I wouldn't be in trouble 520 00:28:09,296 --> 00:28:10,776 and everything would be okay. 521 00:28:10,819 --> 00:28:13,735 So when the sun came up, I was... 522 00:28:13,779 --> 00:28:16,303 leaving that forested area and that plateau, 523 00:28:16,346 --> 00:28:18,871 and looking down below me was a valley 524 00:28:18,914 --> 00:28:20,873 with some houses in it. 525 00:28:20,916 --> 00:28:23,092 I got down the-the hill, 526 00:28:23,136 --> 00:28:24,572 and there was a girl, 527 00:28:24,615 --> 00:28:27,401 and so she talked me into going into this house. 528 00:28:27,444 --> 00:28:30,447 And that's when I just totally fell asleep on the couch. 529 00:28:30,491 --> 00:28:33,712 When I woke up, there was a county sheriff there. 530 00:28:33,755 --> 00:28:37,454 So that officer drove me to my grandpa's house, 531 00:28:37,498 --> 00:28:39,456 and then eventually they brought my mom, 532 00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:43,199 and my sister and brother were there all of a sudden, and so... 533 00:28:43,243 --> 00:28:46,376 at that point, I kind of knew that... that I was home. 534 00:28:46,420 --> 00:28:49,466 SHATNER: In the days after his survival, 535 00:28:49,510 --> 00:28:52,774 Cody's journey through the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 536 00:28:52,818 --> 00:28:56,299 back to civilization becomes headline news 537 00:28:56,343 --> 00:28:58,171 across the country. 538 00:28:58,214 --> 00:29:01,304 But the story raises more questions than answers. 539 00:29:01,348 --> 00:29:04,481 How did a young child endure frigid temperatures, 540 00:29:04,525 --> 00:29:09,225 hostile terrain, and a walk of nearly marathon distance? 541 00:29:10,879 --> 00:29:13,012 Cody was missing from... 542 00:29:13,055 --> 00:29:15,797 early afternoon till 8:00 the next morning, 543 00:29:15,841 --> 00:29:18,582 about 15 or 16 hours, 544 00:29:18,626 --> 00:29:21,934 and somehow in that time period he covered 18 miles 545 00:29:21,977 --> 00:29:26,373 over rugged terrain in an area he'd never been in, at night. 546 00:29:26,416 --> 00:29:28,941 It just really amazes me that he had the conviction 547 00:29:28,984 --> 00:29:30,769 to keep heading in the correct direction, 548 00:29:30,812 --> 00:29:32,901 and somehow he knew that. 549 00:29:34,598 --> 00:29:36,862 By the time it got dark, I'd probably walked, 550 00:29:36,905 --> 00:29:39,386 I think, around three or four miles. 551 00:29:39,429 --> 00:29:42,955 And as a six-year-old, that probably was the furthest 552 00:29:42,998 --> 00:29:45,914 I'd ever walked in my life up to that point. 553 00:29:45,958 --> 00:29:49,831 And I had found a larger road, but then it got to a fork, 554 00:29:49,875 --> 00:29:51,528 and I had to make a decision. 555 00:29:58,971 --> 00:30:02,539 And I decided to go right, and I went down... 556 00:30:02,583 --> 00:30:05,194 this other way for probably half a mile. 557 00:30:05,238 --> 00:30:06,892 And then something inside me said, 558 00:30:06,935 --> 00:30:09,590 "This is not the right direction." 559 00:30:09,633 --> 00:30:12,375 More scary that way, but I don't know why. 560 00:30:12,419 --> 00:30:14,334 So I turned around. 561 00:30:17,380 --> 00:30:19,905 And once I made a decision to start walking, 562 00:30:19,948 --> 00:30:23,299 I don't really remember questioning it. 563 00:30:23,343 --> 00:30:26,433 An adult can sit there and think of all the fears, 564 00:30:26,476 --> 00:30:29,262 all the mistakes, all the bad things that can happen, 565 00:30:29,305 --> 00:30:31,525 where the child just knew he was in trouble 566 00:30:31,568 --> 00:30:33,440 and had to get out of it. 567 00:30:33,483 --> 00:30:35,659 SHATNER: But what if it's more 568 00:30:35,703 --> 00:30:38,662 than just a child's lack of self-consciousness 569 00:30:38,706 --> 00:30:42,014 that allowed Cody to make it home alive? 570 00:30:42,057 --> 00:30:45,800 What if there's a more supernatural explanation? 571 00:30:47,758 --> 00:30:50,544 For some reason, he knew that he was on the right trail. 572 00:30:50,587 --> 00:30:52,676 Is it because there is so many people and activity 573 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:55,462 on that trail in the past that he's picking up on that energy? 574 00:30:55,505 --> 00:30:58,465 Whatever he's picking up, he trusted it, 575 00:30:58,508 --> 00:31:00,380 he knew it, and he went with it. 576 00:31:02,121 --> 00:31:04,297 We are all connected to our higher guidance 577 00:31:04,340 --> 00:31:07,430 and, in fact, we receive messages 578 00:31:07,474 --> 00:31:10,738 from our guides on a daily basis. 579 00:31:10,781 --> 00:31:14,307 This is our internal guidance system 580 00:31:14,350 --> 00:31:19,921 keeping us on the right path, telling us what to do next. 581 00:31:19,965 --> 00:31:23,577 The reason why Cody stayed calm and did not panic-- 582 00:31:23,620 --> 00:31:28,843 it is because he sensed the presence of his spirit guide 583 00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:33,369 or perhaps his guardian angel protecting him, guiding him, 584 00:31:33,413 --> 00:31:36,633 telling him to walk back to safety. 585 00:31:36,677 --> 00:31:39,810 Children are very comfortable with these feelings. 586 00:31:39,854 --> 00:31:42,117 They get a sensation and they act on it. 587 00:31:43,771 --> 00:31:45,207 CODY: Looking back over my life, 588 00:31:45,251 --> 00:31:48,167 there's no doubt that I defied the odds. 589 00:31:48,210 --> 00:31:50,560 And science would probably say that a six-year-old 590 00:31:50,604 --> 00:31:53,476 is capable of that because I did do it. 591 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:56,871 But the reality is that most people are not put 592 00:31:56,915 --> 00:31:59,526 in that situation as a six-year-old. 593 00:32:01,006 --> 00:32:03,443 SHATNER: Cody Sheehy withstood something 594 00:32:03,486 --> 00:32:05,880 that would have challenged any adult. 595 00:32:05,924 --> 00:32:09,362 But does his battle against nature suggest that children 596 00:32:09,405 --> 00:32:12,104 have an innate knack for survival, 597 00:32:12,147 --> 00:32:15,803 as counterintuitive as that may seem? 598 00:32:15,846 --> 00:32:17,936 Survival experts say yes. 599 00:32:17,979 --> 00:32:19,850 They also claim that some people 600 00:32:19,894 --> 00:32:23,202 have even more extraordinary survival skills, 601 00:32:23,245 --> 00:32:26,770 including the ability to avoid danger entirely 602 00:32:26,814 --> 00:32:29,425 by sensing it before it occurs. 603 00:32:36,432 --> 00:32:39,305 SHATNER: England, February 1998. 604 00:32:40,871 --> 00:32:44,266 Interior designer Clare Henry is driving to her home 605 00:32:44,310 --> 00:32:48,488 in the county of Hampshire, nearly 100 miles from London. 606 00:32:48,531 --> 00:32:53,406 It's a trip that she's made more times than she can remember. 607 00:32:53,449 --> 00:32:56,235 HENRY: So I'm sitting in the car. 608 00:32:56,278 --> 00:32:59,412 I was driving back from London to Hampshire. 609 00:32:59,455 --> 00:33:05,418 It was about the 8th of February, 1998. 610 00:33:05,461 --> 00:33:09,117 It was six months after Princess Diana had died. 611 00:33:11,641 --> 00:33:16,603 I met Diana when I was a member of the Harbour Club. 612 00:33:16,646 --> 00:33:18,605 And I would meet her many times 613 00:33:18,648 --> 00:33:20,911 when I was working out in the gym. 614 00:33:20,955 --> 00:33:24,045 And I wasn't a close friend-- I wish I had been-- 615 00:33:24,089 --> 00:33:26,743 but we used to have a giggle together, 616 00:33:26,787 --> 00:33:28,745 and we had a lovely time. 617 00:33:28,789 --> 00:33:30,747 And she was a very dear soul. 618 00:33:30,791 --> 00:33:33,446 Full of light, full of love. There was something about her. 619 00:33:33,489 --> 00:33:35,100 I couldn't quite put my finger on it. 620 00:33:36,840 --> 00:33:38,407 SHATNER: As Clare pulls 621 00:33:38,451 --> 00:33:40,540 onto the M27 motorway, 622 00:33:40,583 --> 00:33:43,238 she notices that the highway is shrouded in fog. 623 00:33:45,458 --> 00:33:47,895 HENRY: I came across a fog wall. 624 00:33:47,938 --> 00:33:50,158 It had been raining in the morning, and when it rains, 625 00:33:50,202 --> 00:33:53,466 you know, you often get damp weather in England, 626 00:33:53,509 --> 00:33:57,078 and you get foggy evenings, especially in the West Country. 627 00:33:57,122 --> 00:34:00,081 SHATNER: Instead of pulling into the fast lane, 628 00:34:00,125 --> 00:34:02,431 as she's done countless times before, 629 00:34:02,475 --> 00:34:06,827 Clare slows down and proceeds with caution. 630 00:34:06,870 --> 00:34:10,004 And then Clare suddenly has a strange 631 00:34:10,048 --> 00:34:13,877 and disturbing vision. 632 00:34:13,921 --> 00:34:15,879 She sees a woman's face 633 00:34:15,923 --> 00:34:17,968 but not just that of any woman. 634 00:34:18,012 --> 00:34:21,798 She sees the face of Princess Diana. 635 00:34:23,931 --> 00:34:28,066 And suddenly I see this vision. 636 00:34:28,109 --> 00:34:31,112 And I was very surprised, very shocked 637 00:34:31,156 --> 00:34:34,246 to see the face of Princess Diana 638 00:34:34,289 --> 00:34:35,986 just here. 639 00:34:36,030 --> 00:34:39,077 Literally here in front of my face. 640 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:43,516 Because I see her face, and I put two and two together-- 641 00:34:43,559 --> 00:34:47,737 Diana killed in a car crash 642 00:34:47,781 --> 00:34:50,610 in the tunnel in the Mercedes-- 643 00:34:50,653 --> 00:34:52,133 I suddenly realize 644 00:34:52,177 --> 00:34:54,135 Diana is trying to tell me something, 645 00:34:54,179 --> 00:34:57,138 and something is about to happen in front of me, 646 00:34:57,182 --> 00:34:58,705 and I need to pay attention, 647 00:34:58,748 --> 00:35:01,360 and I need to change what I normally do. 648 00:35:02,665 --> 00:35:06,060 So I had a very, very, very short time 649 00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:09,890 to think about what I was gonna do next. 650 00:35:09,933 --> 00:35:13,763 I shot across, left, towards the hard shoulder, 651 00:35:13,807 --> 00:35:15,417 and I kept on going. 652 00:35:15,461 --> 00:35:17,158 And all of a sudden, 653 00:35:17,202 --> 00:35:21,858 -I hear this awful sound. 654 00:35:24,644 --> 00:35:27,212 And the sound was metal on metal... 655 00:35:29,214 --> 00:35:30,737 ...and breaking glass. 656 00:35:30,780 --> 00:35:34,001 And I realized there's an accident. 657 00:35:34,044 --> 00:35:38,484 I just remember passing this barrage of cars. 658 00:35:38,527 --> 00:35:42,401 And I couldn't believe how glass didn't hit me. 659 00:35:42,444 --> 00:35:45,317 It was a pretty big pileup. 660 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:49,059 And then I stop 'cause I realize there's nobody next to me, 661 00:35:49,103 --> 00:35:51,105 there's nobody behind me, 662 00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:53,673 and nobody got out of that accident. 663 00:35:53,716 --> 00:35:58,373 I was the only one who got out of that accident. 664 00:35:58,417 --> 00:36:02,247 And if I had done what I normally do that day 665 00:36:02,290 --> 00:36:04,423 and gone straight into the fast lane, 666 00:36:04,466 --> 00:36:07,556 I don't think I'd be sitting here today, to be honest. 667 00:36:08,818 --> 00:36:11,256 SHATNER: This strange ability 668 00:36:11,299 --> 00:36:13,214 to anticipate danger before it happens 669 00:36:13,258 --> 00:36:16,391 may seem like a far-fetched notion. 670 00:36:16,435 --> 00:36:19,699 But if not for seeing the face of Princess Diana, 671 00:36:19,742 --> 00:36:21,962 Clare Henry believes that she would have met 672 00:36:22,005 --> 00:36:26,488 a rather sudden and tragic end on the highway that day. 673 00:36:26,532 --> 00:36:30,840 Was the vision that she claims to have seen 674 00:36:30,884 --> 00:36:34,801 simply a coincidental figment of Clare's imagination? 675 00:36:34,844 --> 00:36:39,501 Or was it something more? 676 00:36:41,590 --> 00:36:43,679 Clare had a glimpse of the future 677 00:36:43,723 --> 00:36:47,509 in that one instant, which is exactly the time 678 00:36:47,553 --> 00:36:51,209 she had a vision of Princess Diana warning her. 679 00:36:51,252 --> 00:36:53,428 "This is not your time to die." 680 00:36:54,603 --> 00:36:56,257 "Be careful. 681 00:36:56,301 --> 00:36:58,433 Get off the road now." 682 00:36:58,477 --> 00:37:00,914 Clare and Princess Diana 683 00:37:00,957 --> 00:37:02,872 may have been just friends at the gym, 684 00:37:02,916 --> 00:37:06,311 but perhaps there was a deeper, stronger connection 685 00:37:06,354 --> 00:37:08,051 on a spiritual level, 686 00:37:08,095 --> 00:37:10,576 on a much higher level. 687 00:37:10,619 --> 00:37:12,578 A bigger story, so to speak. 688 00:37:13,796 --> 00:37:15,189 DENNIN: I think many of us 689 00:37:15,233 --> 00:37:16,669 have had that experience 690 00:37:16,712 --> 00:37:18,497 of, you know, your hair tingling 691 00:37:18,540 --> 00:37:21,151 or ducking just before something was coming. 692 00:37:21,195 --> 00:37:23,328 And if our brain is good at interpreting it 693 00:37:23,371 --> 00:37:25,591 without us knowing, we can get a premonition 694 00:37:25,634 --> 00:37:27,462 and get out of harm's way. 695 00:37:28,681 --> 00:37:30,596 But at the end of the day, 696 00:37:30,639 --> 00:37:32,902 science doesn't really have a good explanation of this yet 697 00:37:32,946 --> 00:37:34,556 because we haven't studied it in the ways, 698 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:36,036 I think, that needs to be done. 699 00:37:38,168 --> 00:37:40,083 CORY: Sometimes premonition 700 00:37:40,127 --> 00:37:43,086 comes from what we call our spirit family. 701 00:37:43,130 --> 00:37:48,091 They are communicating with us from the other side, 702 00:37:48,135 --> 00:37:51,181 giving us messages 703 00:37:51,225 --> 00:37:53,619 that something's about to go wrong. 704 00:37:53,662 --> 00:37:57,710 Because premonition is coming from our higher consciousness, 705 00:37:57,753 --> 00:38:01,017 it is not part of our normal awakened state. 706 00:38:01,061 --> 00:38:04,064 It is coming from another dimension 707 00:38:04,107 --> 00:38:07,023 beyond this human reality. 708 00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:11,201 SHATNER: If it's true that some humans 709 00:38:11,245 --> 00:38:13,943 can avoid danger by seeing through time, 710 00:38:13,987 --> 00:38:15,771 could it also be possible 711 00:38:15,815 --> 00:38:18,208 for some of us to protect ourselves from harm 712 00:38:18,252 --> 00:38:21,821 by making time stand still? 713 00:38:21,864 --> 00:38:23,953 There's at least one man 714 00:38:23,997 --> 00:38:27,000 who would insist that the answer to that question 715 00:38:27,043 --> 00:38:29,002 is a profound yes. 716 00:38:34,312 --> 00:38:36,444 SHATNER: Ragged Falls, Ontario. 717 00:38:36,488 --> 00:38:38,707 Summer 1995. 718 00:38:38,751 --> 00:38:40,796 13-year-old David Whitehead 719 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:43,799 is hanging out with friends by a river, 720 00:38:43,843 --> 00:38:47,716 enjoying the simple joys of sunshine and the outdoors. 721 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:51,764 But what happens next is anything but fun. 722 00:38:51,807 --> 00:38:54,332 WHITEHEAD: We start playing truth or dare, 723 00:38:54,375 --> 00:38:56,508 and I started getting the sense 724 00:38:56,551 --> 00:38:59,380 that my friend was thinking, "Well, the next dare 725 00:38:59,424 --> 00:39:01,121 will be that I'm gonna jump into the river." 726 00:39:02,383 --> 00:39:03,776 I didn't think it was a good idea, 727 00:39:03,819 --> 00:39:05,168 but he did it anyways. 728 00:39:05,212 --> 00:39:07,257 He jumped in. 729 00:39:07,301 --> 00:39:11,523 Immediately, he gets swept towards the edge of these falls, 730 00:39:11,566 --> 00:39:14,090 and they were very rocky, sharp, jagged edges. 731 00:39:14,134 --> 00:39:16,615 They would actually smash you all the way down. 732 00:39:16,658 --> 00:39:18,007 I don't know what it was, 733 00:39:18,051 --> 00:39:19,661 but something activated inside of me, 734 00:39:19,705 --> 00:39:22,969 and I knew that my friend was gonna die. 735 00:39:23,012 --> 00:39:24,057 SHATNER: In an instant, 736 00:39:24,100 --> 00:39:25,624 David was able to react 737 00:39:25,667 --> 00:39:27,452 because, in that moment, he found 738 00:39:27,495 --> 00:39:30,063 he possessed the extraordinary ability 739 00:39:30,106 --> 00:39:32,544 to slow down time. 740 00:39:35,764 --> 00:39:38,201 The whole thing I remember 741 00:39:38,245 --> 00:39:40,247 in crystal clear detail to this day. 742 00:39:42,423 --> 00:39:44,033 Time stood still. 743 00:39:44,077 --> 00:39:45,948 Everything seemed to slow down. 744 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:48,690 I remember everything feeling 745 00:39:48,734 --> 00:39:51,432 like I was operating in slow motion. 746 00:39:52,477 --> 00:39:55,044 And luckily, 747 00:39:55,088 --> 00:39:57,090 I was able to finally get ahold 748 00:39:57,133 --> 00:39:58,439 -of one of the rocks. -Help! Help me! 749 00:39:58,483 --> 00:40:00,659 WHITEHEAD: I grab the rock. 750 00:40:00,702 --> 00:40:02,312 I grab onto my friend's hand. 751 00:40:02,356 --> 00:40:04,489 -Help me! -His feet are literally dangling over the edge 752 00:40:04,532 --> 00:40:06,491 of this waterfall. 753 00:40:06,534 --> 00:40:09,276 -Help! Help me! -WHITEHEAD: All that went through my mind 754 00:40:09,319 --> 00:40:11,017 was, "Don't let go. Don't let go. 755 00:40:11,060 --> 00:40:12,453 -Don't let go." -Help! 756 00:40:12,497 --> 00:40:16,239 I'm just a small, scrawny 13-year-old kid, 757 00:40:16,283 --> 00:40:17,806 and here I am, bicep-curling this kid 758 00:40:17,850 --> 00:40:19,547 off the edge of a waterfall. 759 00:40:19,591 --> 00:40:21,767 I often think back to that feeling 760 00:40:21,810 --> 00:40:24,422 of time slowing down, and I wonder, 761 00:40:24,465 --> 00:40:26,685 how could I be in one state of consciousness, 762 00:40:26,728 --> 00:40:28,774 and then, during a traumatic event, 763 00:40:28,817 --> 00:40:31,516 I'm in a completely different state of consciousness? 764 00:40:33,518 --> 00:40:36,303 Time dilation isn't just something we perceive. 765 00:40:36,346 --> 00:40:40,307 It's something that really happens to us in our brains. 766 00:40:40,350 --> 00:40:44,485 It may seem like time is moving slower, 767 00:40:44,529 --> 00:40:46,444 but we're just processing information 768 00:40:46,487 --> 00:40:48,620 -so much more quickly. 769 00:40:48,663 --> 00:40:52,841 Our synapses are literally firing off faster. 770 00:40:52,885 --> 00:40:54,539 The way you make a slow-motion movie 771 00:40:54,582 --> 00:40:56,889 is by taking a lot of frames of film. 772 00:40:56,932 --> 00:40:59,282 And that's essentially how the human brain works, too. 773 00:40:59,326 --> 00:41:02,285 Intense experience 774 00:41:02,329 --> 00:41:05,506 means lots of dense, rich memories, 775 00:41:05,550 --> 00:41:07,552 which creates a perception 776 00:41:07,595 --> 00:41:09,945 that things have taken a long time 777 00:41:09,989 --> 00:41:13,645 even if they've taken a short time. 778 00:41:13,688 --> 00:41:17,039 So that means that there's a gear that we have in our minds 779 00:41:17,083 --> 00:41:19,999 that we don't play with on a daily basis 780 00:41:20,042 --> 00:41:22,697 but, during traumatic events, gets activated. 781 00:41:22,741 --> 00:41:26,135 And this is yet another testament 782 00:41:26,179 --> 00:41:28,137 to the true potential that we all have. 783 00:41:31,619 --> 00:41:34,448 If, after hearing these stories, 784 00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:36,102 you still think surviving disaster 785 00:41:36,145 --> 00:41:37,930 is nothing more than a matter of fate, 786 00:41:37,973 --> 00:41:39,322 then maybe you're the type 787 00:41:39,366 --> 00:41:40,715 to ignore the safety instructions 788 00:41:40,759 --> 00:41:42,412 before an airline flight 789 00:41:42,456 --> 00:41:45,938 or trust someone else to pack your parachute. 790 00:41:45,981 --> 00:41:47,896 No? 791 00:41:47,940 --> 00:41:52,945 Then maybe you'd better take destiny into your own hands 792 00:41:52,988 --> 00:41:56,035 and rely on your wits to survive, 793 00:41:56,078 --> 00:41:59,125 especially since your future is still... 794 00:41:59,168 --> 00:42:01,257 unexplained.