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I Survived...

I Survived...

Description: I Survived incorporates interviews with stylized recreations to tell the stories of people who overcame unbelievable circumstances that changed their lives forever. What would you do if you were confronted with death? What gives someone the strength to survive? Is it luck, chance, instinct? I Survived allows survivors to explain, in their own words, how they overcame unbelievable circumstances. The subjects describe the experience that changed their lives forever and what got them through it.
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Year Released: 2008
Number of seasons: 9
Number of episodes: 117
First episode air date: March 24, 2008
Author: Lauren Tarshis
Number Of Books: 20
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