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Kidnap & Rescue

Kidnap & Rescue

Description: First-person accounts and cinematic reimaginings tell the stories of real-life kidnappings and the rescuers who risk their lives to reclaim innocent victims. Episodes include tales of high-ranking executives held for ransom, children snatched and sold into slavery, and government agents taken by drug cartels, and unfold through the planning of the rescue and the recovery itself, to outcomes both triumphant and tragic.
Genre: Biography
Year Released: 2011
Number of seasons: 1
Number of episodes: 14
First episode air date: January 29, 2011
Network: Discovery Channel
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