Life at Stake

Feb 17, 1978

A Dutch factory manager working in Ireland is kidnapped by the IRA.

Feb 24, 1978

A small submersible sinks off the coast of Ireland, leading to the deepest sub rescue in history.

Mar 3, 1978

In 1975, South Moluccan terrorists hijack a train in the Netherlands.

Mar 10, 1978

The story of the 1975 siege of the West German embassy in Stockholm by members of the Baader-Meinhof Gang.

Mar 17, 1978

The story of the Faraday School kidnapping in 1972, when two plasterers kidnapped six female pupils and their teacher from a school in rural Australia and demanded a million-dollar ransom.

Mar 31, 1978

The story of the Apollo 13 mission and how disaster was narrowly averted.

Apr 7, 1978

When a light aircraft crashes in the Canadian Arctic in 1972, the pilot finds himself forced to extremes to survive.

Apr 14, 1978

In 1970, a British diplomat is kidnapped in Montreal by the Quebec Liberation Front.