What I survived

Jack Laurence

What I Survived explores the extraordinary true stories of people who survived the unthinkable. Each story takes you back to who these people were before everything changed, then inside the moment their lives were pushed to the edge, shipwrecked at sea for weeks, held captive by terrorists, falling 15,000 feet from a plane after a parachute failure, and other extreme, life-or-death situations.

Through first-hand accounts, we follow the ordeal as it happened, the decisions made under unimaginable pressure, and the will it took to survive.

Then what came after, the physical and psychological recovery, and the process of rebuilding a life forever altered.

From the creator of award winning shows One Minute Remaining, Wanted and more.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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20 episodes
Updated June 9

Episodes20

Newest first

June 9 · 30 min
Getting Jnr Home - P14
Freedom looks good on you
June 9 · 20 min
Getting Jnr Home - P15
Freedom looks good on you
June 9 · 30 min
Getting Jnr Home - P13
Finally Justice
June 9 · 29 min
Getting Jnr Home - 12
Finally Justice
June 9 · 12 min
Getting Jnr Home - P11
HE IS FREE!!!
June 9 · 22 min
Getting Jnr Home - P10
A case to answer
June 9 · 24 min
Getting Jnr Home - P9
Light at the end of the tunnel?
June 9 · 31 min
Getting Jnr Home - P8
What the attorney thinks
June 9 · 29 min
Getting Jnr Home - P7
Evaristo Salas was accused of firing two shots into Jose Arreola’s head in Sunnyside in November 1995. He was tried as an adult and convicted by a jury of first-degree murder three days after his 16th birthday and was sentenced to nearly 33 years in prison. The gun used in the murder was never recovered and there was no physical evidence linking Jnr to the killing. His conviction was based on the testimony of a police informant, Bill Bruhn, and Arreola’s girlfriend, Ofelia Cortez (formerly Gonzalez), who was there when her partner was shot. Many TV shows have uncovered horrific truths about the so called 'evidence' in this case, yet Jnr still remains incarcerated. This is his story, as told by him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
June 9 · 31 min
Getting Jnr Home - P6
Evaristo Salas was accused of firing two shots into Jose Arreola’s head in Sunnyside in November 1995. He was tried as an adult and convicted by a jury of first-degree murder three days after his 16th birthday and was sentenced to nearly 33 years in prison. The gun used in the murder was never recovered and there was no physical evidence linking Jnr to the killing. His conviction was based on the testimony of a police informant, Bill Bruhn, and Arreola’s girlfriend, Ofelia Cortez (formerly Gonzalez), who was there when her partner was shot. Many TV shows have uncovered horrific truths about the so called 'evidence' in this case, yet Jnr still remains incarcerated. This is his story, as told by him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
June 9 · 32 min
Getting Jnr Home - P5
One Minute Remaining Stories from the inmates
June 9 · 30 min
Getting Jnr Home - P4
One Minute Remaining Stories from the inmates
June 9 · 32 min
Getting Jnr Home - P3
Evaristo Salas was accused of firing two shots into Jose Arreola’s head in Sunnyside in November 1995. He was tried as an adult and convicted by a jury of first-degree murder three days after his 16th birthday and was sentenced to nearly 33 years in prison. The gun used in the murder was never recovered and there was no physical evidence linking Jnr to the killing. His conviction was based on the testimony of a police informant, Bill Bruhn, and Arreola’s girlfriend, Ofelia Cortez (formerly Gonzalez), who was there when her partner was shot. Many TV shows have uncovered horrific truths about the so called 'evidence' in this case, yet Jnr still remains incarcerated. This is his story, as told by him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
June 9 · 35 min
Getting Jnr Home - P2
One Minute Remaining Stories from the inmates
June 9 · 42 min
Getting Jnr Home - P1
One Minute Remaining Stories from the inmates
June 2 · 46 min
Hollys Hell P2
31 years is good news?
June 2 · 32 min
Hollys Hell P1
An unusual childhood
May 26 · 36 min
The Night Mumbai Burned - Will Pike p3
On the evening of November 26, 2008, British freelance filmmaker Will Pike and his girlfriend checked into the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai for a one-night stopover on their way to Goa. It was meant to be a treat. A single night in one of the world's most famous hotels. By midnight, terrorists were moving through the corridors executing guests. Will and his girlfriend barricaded themselves in their room as the siege unfolded around them. They could hear the gunfire, they heard people being executed in the hallway outside their door. When smoke began filling the room they had no choice but to act. They broke the window, knotted together bedsheets and curtains, and tried to climb down the outside of the building, Will fell fifty feet. He broke his back, his pelvis, both wrists and his elbow. He was confined to a wheelchair. 167 people died that night at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Will Pike survived and then came the part nobody tells you about, rebuilding a life, a body and a sense of self when the world that existed before November 26, 2008 is simply gone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 19 · 30 min
The Night Mumbai Burned - Will Pike p2
On the evening of November 26, 2008, British freelance filmmaker Will Pike and his girlfriend checked into the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai for a one-night stopover on their way to Goa. It was meant to be a treat. A single night in one of the world's most famous hotels. By midnight, terrorists were moving through the corridors executing guests. Will and his girlfriend barricaded themselves in their room as the siege unfolded around them. They could hear the gunfire, they heard people being executed in the hallway outside their door. When smoke began filling the room they had no choice but to act. They broke the window, knotted together bedsheets and curtains, and tried to climb down the outside of the building, Will fell fifty feet. He broke his back, his pelvis, both wrists and his elbow. He was confined to a wheelchair. 167 people died that night at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Will Pike survived and then came the part nobody tells you about, rebuilding a life, a body and a sense of self when the world that existed before November 26, 2008 is simply gone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 19 · 29 min
The Night Mumbai Burned - Will Pike p1
On the evening of November 26, 2008, British freelance filmmaker Will Pike and his girlfriend checked into the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai for a one-night stopover on their way to Goa. It was meant to be a treat. A single night in one of the world's most famous hotels. By midnight, terrorists were moving through the corridors executing guests. Will and his girlfriend barricaded themselves in their room as the siege unfolded around them. They could hear the gunfire, they heard people being executed in the hallway outside their door. When smoke began filling the room they had no choice but to act. They broke the window, knotted together bedsheets and curtains, and tried to climb down the outside of the building, Will fell fifty feet. He broke his back, his pelvis, both wrists and his elbow. He was confined to a wheelchair. 167 people died that night at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Will Pike survived and then came the part nobody tells you about, rebuilding a life, a body and a sense of self when the world that existed before November 26, 2008 is simply gone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What I survived

Getting Jnr Home - P14

Getting Jnr Home - P15

Getting Jnr Home - P13

Getting Jnr Home - 12

Getting Jnr Home - P11

Getting Jnr Home - P10

Getting Jnr Home - P9

Getting Jnr Home - P8

Getting Jnr Home - P7

Getting Jnr Home - P6

Getting Jnr Home - P5

Getting Jnr Home - P4

Getting Jnr Home - P3

Getting Jnr Home - P2

Getting Jnr Home - P1

Hollys Hell P2

Hollys Hell P1

The Night Mumbai Burned - Will Pike p3

The Night Mumbai Burned - Will Pike p2

The Night Mumbai Burned - Will Pike p1