When horrific things happen, how a person responds can make a difference in the rest of one's life. In this collection, learn how some individuals triumphed in the face of unspeakable tragedies.
History tells us that after Mary's death, her heart and organs were removed and were buried at an unknown place at Fotheringhay.
After hijackers took control of United Flight 175, Peter Hanson - a passenger - called his parents from the plane.
After President Lincoln was shot in the head, people at Ford's Theater tried to assist him.
In this clip, from "Gettysburg," General Longstreet instructs Colonel Alexander and General Pettigrew on the details for an attack which has since bee...
When Puritans arrived in America, they implemented the types of punishments they had known in Britain.
A pillory was a place where individuals who were punished for various crimes could be at risk for more than public humiliation.
Before he became a pope, Giuseppe Sarto had a great deal of experience living among his parishoners. As Pope Pius X, he strongly opposed the outbreak ...
"Sully," starring Tom Hanks, depicts a miracle instead of a disaster when all people aboard Flight 1549 survive a water-landing in the Hudson.
As he traveled to Washington for his inauguration, Abraham Lincoln was told of a plot to kill him.
"Houston, we've had a problem," are the words Apollo 13's crew used to alert ground control of a near-fatal episode in space. Did the crew of Apollo 1...
Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov, Commander of the USSRs 62nd Army, was at Stalingrad during one of the worlds most-deadly battles.
Pope Leo X issued a Papal Bull (directive) called Exsurge Domine (in English, from Latin, "Arise O Lord") on the 15th of June, 1520.
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