Escape to survive

MANILA, Philippines - Trapped and caged with a slim chance of survival may sound like a scenario from an archetypal Hollywood flick. Unlike perfect-ending movies, the victims have to write their own scripts for survival. And the outcomes are indeed real. Discovery Channel’s Escaped tells true stories of people who have been held captive, imprisoned and how they escaped.

Witness their daring escapes as Escaped premieres Friday nights at 10 with encores on Saturdays at 5 a.m. and Mondays, 4 a.m.

Escaped highlights ordinary people who triumphed over extraordinary circumstances that pushed them to the limits, mentally and physically. Examples are a boy who was able to escape his bone-breaking captor; a woman who tricked her captor into freedom after 117 days in captivity; a young Russian woman led to the US by the promise of freedom only to find herself a captive in a sex trafficking ring. Also, hear about how these individuals summoned the strength and determination to fight tooth and nail for survival in the most dire of circumstances.