Situation Critical

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Hollywood Shootout
North Hollywood shootout / February 28, 1997 / Bank robbery, gunfight

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Taliban Uprising
Battle of Qala-i-Jangi
November 25 - December 1, 2001
Prison revolt

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SAS Jungle Rescue
Operation Barras
August 25 - September 10, 2000
Hostage crisis

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Apollo 13
Apollo 13
April 11-April 17, 1970

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Downed Pilot
Mrkonjić Grad incident
June 2, 1995
Shootdown, manhunt and rescue
Over Bosnia and Herzegovina, a United States Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon flown by Scott O'Grady is hit by a surface-to-air missile. The pilot ejects successfully but is trapped behind enemy lines for six days, hunted by Serbian forces. U.S. Marines move in for a rescue as the pilot attempts to evade capture.

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Hell on High Water
1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
December 26, 1998
Thunderstorm
One hundred sailboats and 1,000 sailors race for victory in one of the world's toughest yacht races, but polar winds produce an extremely severe storm. What started as a battle for glory turns into a race for survival.
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Hunting Pablo Escobar
Capture of Pablo Escobar
December 2, 1993
Manhunt, criminal capture
Wanted drug dealer Pablo Escobar has been on the run for 18 months. He seems to be always a step ahead of armed forces. Now, he is located in a building and armed forces are surrounding it. Once they break into his apartment, he is alerted and tries to escape by jumping out of a window and onto a nearby roof but a single shot kills him and he lies dead on the roof.
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Moscow Theatre Siege
Moscow theatre hostage crisis
October 23 - October 26, 2002
Hostage crisis

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Assault on Entebbe
Air France Flight 139
June 27 - July 4, 1976
Aircraft hijacking, hostage rescue
Air France Flight 139, originating from Tel Aviv, takes-off from Athens, heading for Paris. Soon after take-off, the flight is hijacked by two Palestinians from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - External Operations (PFLP-EO) and two Germans from the German "Revolutionary Cells". The flight is later diverted to Libya, where it remains until it takes off again to Entebbe, Uganda. The passengers are held hostage at the old terminal of Entebbe International Airport with the help of the Ugandan Army. Israel Defense Forces special forces troops mount an attempt to rescue the hostages. They land at Entebbe Airport and drive a replica Ugandan motorcade out of their transport aircraft. They drive up to the old terminal but the alarm is raised when a Ugandan guard is shot with silenced 9mm pistols but not killed. An AK47 is used to shoot the guard again but the sound of the shots attract the terrorists' and the Ugandan Army's attention. A gun battle rages but all but three of the hostages escape from Entebbe with the Israeli special forces.

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Russian Sub Rescue
AS-28 training accident
August 4 - August 7, 2005
Submarine entanglement, undersea rescue

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Al-Qaeda Ambush
Battle of Takur Ghar
March 3, 2002
Meeting engagement
United States Navy SEALs engaged in reconnaissance operations as part of Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan are ambushed by Al-Qaeda forces, losing one man when their MH-47 Chinook helicopter is hit by a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG). A rescue Chinook comes later to rescue the downed crew but tries to land at the same spot as the previous Chinook. It gets hit by gunfire and another RPG. Successive reinforcements consisting of units of the 75th Ranger Regiment attempt a rescue of the crews of the crashed helicopters using another two Chinooks. One tries to land at the exact same spot as the other Chinooks and is brought down by an RPG. The second lands safely away from the ambush zone. The Rangers themselves suffer casualties but gain control of the ambush bunker.

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Miracle at Quecreek
Quecreek mine rescue
July 24 - July 28, 2002
Mine shaft flooding

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Nightmare on Mt. Hood
2002 climbing accident
May 30, 2002
Climbing accident, fall into crevasse, helicopter crash