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ALIVE explores the will to survive shown by ordinary people who've been thrown into some of the most frightful circumstances imaginable. These include free falling after a mid-air plane collision, fleeing a forest fire, and floating alone in the dark stillness of the Atlantic Ocean after falling off a fishing vessel.

On June 30, 2013, 19 firefighters from the Granite Mountain Hotshots were killed battling a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona. Huge questions remain about the last moments of their lives. Why did they move out of a safe area in their final minutes of life? Why did the fire move so quickly? Could their deaths have been prevented? "America Burning" was a finalist for the Atlanta Press Club Award of Excellence.

HIDDEN COST explores the historical rationale for allowing children to labor on farms, and debunks the myth of the family farm as the place where most children in agriculture labor. The filmmakers and correspondent John Carlos Frey travel from the parched fields of Texas to Washington, D.C., where they confront the officials who have allowed this situation to continue.

In "The Real Death Valley," The Weather Channel reveals the little-known story of hundreds of migrants who have died in the sweltering Texas brush over the past five years while attempting to evade a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint that's not even on the border - in fact it's 70 miles inside the United States. "'The Real Death Valley' is an important story that needs to be told," said Emmy-winning correspondent John Carlos Frey. "We take viewers on the same four-day, 40-mile trek, through tough terrain and sweltering heat that's taken by the migrants themselves. And we ride with law enforcement as they discover migrant corpses, up to four a week during the hot summer months. I think it soon becomes clear why so many people are losing their lives." "The Real Death Valley" was produced by the Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning team of Solly Granatstein and Shawn Efran for Weather Films, the award-winning digital documentary unit of weather.com.

The Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas is the site of one of the biggest energy booms in America, with oil and gas wells sprouting at an unprecedented rate. But local residents fear for their health - not from the water, but from the air they breathe. Our eight-month investigation reveals the dangers that come with releasing a toxic soup of chemicals into the air and just how little the government of Texas knows - or wants to know - about it.