I'm Alive (TV series)
| I'm Alive | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Reality Documentary |
| Opening theme | "If Everyone Cared" performed by Nickelback |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 21 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Animal Planet |
| Original release | October 9, 2009 – May 19, 2011 |
| Website | animal |
I'm Alive was an American reality television series that featured death-defying stories of people determined to survive any kind of animal attacks, including reenactments by actors. The series premiered on Animal Planet on October 9, 2009 and ended its run on May 19, 2011. No further episodes were produced beyond the end date.
Mike Makens is bitten by a black widow and spends 7 days in excruciating pain as his family tries to procure antivenom from Mexico. Jeremy McGill is a teacher in China, when a friend suggests he see some wild elephants. He travels 1,400 miles to do that and is promptly gored after spooking them.
Craig Hutto, 16, is attacked by a bull shark on a beach in Florida, eventually losing his leg. At a wedding deep in the South African bush, Piet van der Walt is mauled by a leopard who was aiming for his head.
Sgt. Monique Munro-Harris is stung by a deathstalker scorpion in Iraq, and needs to be airlifted through enemy positions to survive. Dane Keiser is pulled under a fence by three lions in a South African game reserve and is seriously injured.
While hiking in the woods with a friend, off-duty deputy sheriff Brandon Parker is bitten by an eastern diamondback rattlesnake and he collapses while attempting to walk back to his truck. Tonga Loumoli is eviscerated by a crocodile needlefish while diving at night, and his diving partner must drag him a quarter mile on a raft to shore.
Achmat Hassiem, a lifeguard and prospective Olympian, has his foot ripped off by a great white during a training exercise. Bruce Kanegai, the karate expert, is struck by a southern pacific rattlesnake while playing golf.
Karen and Charlie Folger are swarmed by killer bees while visiting their new house in the Texas countryside. Krishna Thompson is mauled by a bull shark in the Bahamas during a wedding anniversary celebration.
Gary Brown, Melvin Mammah, two other Americans and a local guide are attacked by a massive escaped chimpanzee while visiting a chimp sanctuary. The guide has his entire face eaten off and dies, while some of the others receive serious injuries. A European viper strikes tourist David Dunn in France, leaving his brother to get him to safety.
Dr. John Raster, an ear, nose and throat specialist, is mauled by a brown bear while on vacation, and he is beyond earshot of his friends. Danie Pienaar, a wildlife specialist, is stricken by a black mamba while deep in the woods, and he needs to hike to his car to drive out and survive.
During an engagement celebration, 18-year-old Kasey Edwards is mauled by an alligator and loses his arm; Bruce Campton is struck five times by a death adder.
Susan Cenkus and her two children are attacked by a black bear in a forest in Tennessee, and her daughter Elora Petrasek, 6, dies. Both Susan and Luke, her two-year-old son, are badly injured. Lawrence van Sertima is struck by a taipan on September 11, 2001, and the only antivenom available cannot be accessed; being a six-hour flight away, with all planes grounded.
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