0:00:02 > 0:00:03A close call.
0:00:03 > 0:00:06A moment of danger when life can hang in the balance.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11A split second where the outcome could go either way.
0:00:11 > 0:00:13I was rooted to the spot with fear.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16The difference between disaster and survival.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19Our hearts dropped. This was a big crash.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23These are the people that have been there and lived to tell the tale.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24Need an ambulance.
0:00:24 > 0:00:2715 minutes and your number would be up.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Their instincts and resources,
0:00:29 > 0:00:33coupled with the quick thinking of others, helped to pull them through.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35It could have gone wrong. It could have easily gone wrong.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39And their dramatic experiences were recorded on camera.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41I think there were several things that could've killed me,
0:00:41 > 0:00:43should've killed me and didn't.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45It's a day they'll never forget.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48The day they had a close call.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Today on Close Calls...
0:01:05 > 0:01:10a British student is lost in the Turkish mountains with two friends.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13A day's hike becomes a week-long battle for survival.
0:01:13 > 0:01:18This is where we have been sleeping for the last four days.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Trapped in the path of a faulty firework, an eight-year-old girl
0:01:21 > 0:01:24tries to escape as a rocket heads into a trampoline.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26SCREAMING
0:01:26 > 0:01:30And an attempt on a speed record goes horribly wrong.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34The car hurtles into the air as the driver's family watch on.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36The car could have been a mangled wreck.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Richard could have been dead, he could have been thrown out.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40We just didn't know it.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Antalya in southern Turkey.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50British student David Mackie
0:01:50 > 0:01:54and two friends are lost in hostile, mountainous terrain.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59They've left an easy-mark trail and ended up on a short-cut to danger.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06After five days and nights in the wilderness, a massive
0:02:06 > 0:02:09land and air search is launched, but to the despair of David's
0:02:09 > 0:02:14parents, there is no sign of their missing son or his pals.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17It was getting dark, we were getting cold, and all we can think of
0:02:17 > 0:02:20is the kids out there, they are going to be a lot colder than us.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Awful thoughts go into your mind sometimes.
0:02:30 > 0:02:3521-year-old David Mackie lives at home with his parents in Nottingham.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37He's close to his mum, dad and sister,
0:02:37 > 0:02:41and they often spend family holidays together.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43But he's excited to be heading off to Turkey
0:02:43 > 0:02:45to study aerospace engineering.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48I really love travelling, and I thought Turkey looked interesting
0:02:48 > 0:02:50cos there is a lot of differences culturally,
0:02:50 > 0:02:51religiously and things like that.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54So I thought it would be a good opportunity to not just go there
0:02:54 > 0:02:57on holiday, but to live there and experience it for real.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Like a lot of kids at that sort of age,
0:02:59 > 0:03:04he's inquisitive about what's going on in the world around us.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07'But he's not got a massive amount of experience.'
0:03:07 > 0:03:10And it's during this time, away from his family,
0:03:10 > 0:03:14David embarks on an adventure they'd all rather forget.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19It's January. David and his two friends Marije and Frisko
0:03:19 > 0:03:21travel from Istanbul to Antalya,
0:03:21 > 0:03:27for a short hiking trip. David uses a mini camera to record the trek.
0:03:27 > 0:03:31They've decided to walk along a popular tourist trail called
0:03:31 > 0:03:35the Lycian Way, which follows the coast from Antalya to Oludeniz.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40David's told his parents of his plans and promised to phone them
0:03:40 > 0:03:43as soon as he gets back to campus. On day one, Sunday,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46they begin an 11-mile walk along the well-marked path,
0:03:46 > 0:03:49but they start out much later than intended.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50We were all in quite good spirits.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53It was really quite a sunny, hot, nice day.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56It was a really nice hiking route as well,
0:03:56 > 0:03:58really nice views and things like that.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00They're enjoying the terrain so much,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03they begin to lose track of time.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06Once it started to get dark, we did start to panic a bit.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09We did see a town that looked, at the time, quite close,
0:04:09 > 0:04:12so we thought, we'll take a short cut, go off the path,
0:04:12 > 0:04:14and go to this town that does not look too far away.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17The town was next to an ocean, we found a dry riverbed,
0:04:17 > 0:04:19so we figured we'd follow the dry riverbed down,
0:04:19 > 0:04:21we'd get to the ocean, we'd get to the town.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24As nightfall closes in, David realises it could be a mistake.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28They are struggling over unmarked rocky ground,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31grounded only by their helmet torches.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34This is no short cut to safety.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38The youngsters keep going, but the town does not materialise.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40The light has played tricks on them.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43They have no choice but to sleep out in the open.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46We were just planning on a day hike, so we really had no equipment,
0:04:46 > 0:04:50we had no tents, not any proper equipment to light a fire.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52They have no food either.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55They've eaten all the snacks they brought with them earlier,
0:04:55 > 0:04:57while they chatted their way along the trail.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Then we thought it was quite funny that we had to sleep
0:05:00 > 0:05:02outside for night because we were thinking,
0:05:02 > 0:05:05the next day we'll get to the village anyway.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08At the moment, it seems like a bit of an adventure.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10But it's January,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13and overnight temperatures in the region can drop below freezing.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Monday morning dawns, and David records their makeshift camp.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23He's confident that by the end of the day they'll be safe,
0:05:23 > 0:05:26and enjoying a joke about getting lost on a simple tourist trail.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29So the friends continue on their short cut,
0:05:29 > 0:05:32following the riverbed, scrambling over rocks,
0:05:32 > 0:05:37until they drop to a level where the river is filled with water.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40It's this simple decision to stick to their short cut
0:05:40 > 0:05:44and not return to the marked path that will later prove their undoing.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47It leads them deeper into a ravine.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Suddenly they realise there is great danger ahead.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58It eventually got to a point where it was just a sheer drop waterfall,
0:05:58 > 0:06:00so there was no way we could get past.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Their way forward is blocked.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17The mini camera records Marije desperately searching
0:06:17 > 0:06:19for some way to get down the waterfall.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22The boys are willing her to find a route to safety.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33If they can't get down, they will have to turn back,
0:06:33 > 0:06:36which would mean at least one more night in the open.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53With the way forward completely impassable,
0:06:53 > 0:06:56David and his pals are fast running out of options.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05That was the first time I really started to panic
0:07:05 > 0:07:09because I thought, OK, we cannot go here, then where should we go now?
0:07:25 > 0:07:28We were all wet and it was very cold the first night, so we started
0:07:28 > 0:07:30to panic a bit, and that's when we started trying to make
0:07:30 > 0:07:32emergency telephone calls.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34But in the depths of the canyon,
0:07:34 > 0:07:37the students can't get a signal on their mobile phones.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44The priority is to try and get a phone signal by climbing higher.
0:07:44 > 0:07:48We tried to walk around the valley and tried to get to a high point to
0:07:48 > 0:07:51either get a signal or see some sort of town
0:07:51 > 0:07:54that we could walk to that night, but no luck.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58And then the situation gets worse.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01A storm hits the mountains.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05David and his friends face another night in the open.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08They seek shelter in a cave on the other side of the river,
0:08:08 > 0:08:12aware that no-one even knows that they are lost.
0:08:12 > 0:08:15The next morning we were all wet and very hungry as well by now,
0:08:15 > 0:08:18and we wanted to carry on walking back, but the riverbed
0:08:18 > 0:08:22that we walked across before was really flooded incredibly heavily.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24It was running very fast.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26There was no way the three of us could cross it.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30They were forced to stay out the raging storm for two more days
0:08:30 > 0:08:31and nights - tired, hungry
0:08:31 > 0:08:34and with the growing realisation they are in big trouble.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40At that point, Marije was quite low
0:08:40 > 0:08:43and we didn't see any realistic end in sight.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48It's day five before the storm abates.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49The river subsides
0:08:49 > 0:08:53and David makes another recording on his video diary.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57This is where we have been sleeping for the last four days.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00The trio know if they are to get help using their mobile phones,
0:09:00 > 0:09:02they must reach higher ground.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06David is anxious, but trying to remain confident.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08Today we're making our way back up the mountain,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10and tomorrow we will be back home.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16But back at his family home in Nottingham, 2,500 miles away,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19his parents, Christopher and Alison, and sister Hannah,
0:09:19 > 0:09:21are experiencing their own emotions.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23A growing feeling of fear.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30His family expected him to phone on Wednesday night to say
0:09:30 > 0:09:33he was back in his college rooms. When he doesn't, they're surprised.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35He would normally get in touch with us to let us
0:09:35 > 0:09:37know that everything is OK,
0:09:37 > 0:09:40but obviously the next day we kept trying to send messages,
0:09:40 > 0:09:42and getting nothing back at all.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45When they still haven't heard anything by Friday,
0:09:45 > 0:09:47they are concerned.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Enough to start calling the local Turkish authorities.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53They reported back some good and bad news at lunchtime,
0:09:53 > 0:09:57to say that the good news is there has been nobody reported
0:09:57 > 0:10:00injured or in trouble with the police,
0:10:00 > 0:10:03but the bad news was that they haven't contacted them,
0:10:03 > 0:10:05they haven't found anything at all.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08With still no word from David's party,
0:10:08 > 0:10:10they are declared officially missing.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14His now frantic parents book a flight to Turkey.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20Later, Turkish authorities launch a search and rescue operation,
0:10:20 > 0:10:23scouring 25 square miles of mountains.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25And David's parents' fears grow
0:10:25 > 0:10:28when there is still no trace of their missing son.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Also coming up, at speeds reaching 90mph,
0:10:36 > 0:10:39an amateur racing driver comes off the track.
0:10:39 > 0:10:44Just somersaulted and flipped way up in the air and disappeared from view.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Middlesbrough, Teesside.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Captured on the security cameras of a family home,
0:10:54 > 0:10:57a group of adults and children gather
0:10:57 > 0:10:59for a garden firework display.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02But it goes dangerously wrong.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08An out-of-control rocket screams into an enclosed trampoline,
0:11:08 > 0:11:10where two of the children are playing.
0:11:12 > 0:11:13I panicked.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16I thought it was going to hit my face and make me blind.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Her dad fears the worst.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Could have been severe burns.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Kacey!
0:11:30 > 0:11:32November 5th, Bonfire Night.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36The annual tradition for Peter Watson's family is a visit
0:11:36 > 0:11:39to a local display, then back home for their own fireworks.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43Went up to Stockton to watch a nice big display.
0:11:43 > 0:11:44Came back and decided
0:11:44 > 0:11:48we were going to set a few fireworks off ourselves.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Peter's eight-year-old daughter Kacey is looking forward to it.
0:11:51 > 0:11:59We were going to all have fireworks and just celebrate Bonfire Night.
0:11:59 > 0:12:03Peter has a variety of security cameras on the outside of his house.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05They show 14 of his family
0:12:05 > 0:12:07and friends gathering in the front garden.
0:12:08 > 0:12:12Aware of the dangers of fireworks, he's launching them from the green,
0:12:12 > 0:12:1740 feet away, while Casey joins one of her friends on the trampoline.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20I was excited to see what my dad had bought
0:12:20 > 0:12:22with his money on the fireworks.
0:12:22 > 0:12:25We said the safest place for the children to stay is
0:12:25 > 0:12:29in the garden, keep the gate shut, or preferably, in the trampoline.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32It's more enclosed, if anything did go wrong.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Up to this point, the night has been going well.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Me and David were setting them up,
0:12:38 > 0:12:40and we had taken one out of the sealed box,
0:12:40 > 0:12:41taken it over to the sandbox,
0:12:41 > 0:12:45put them in there and letting them off one at a time.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Never had any concerns with safety.
0:12:48 > 0:12:53As long as they're all marked up for British use, it should be OK.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56It's just, fireworks are fireworks, they are a dangerous item,
0:12:56 > 0:12:58and can go wrong at any time.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02And one is about to, badly.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06The group wait eagerly for the last firework of the night.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10Over on the green, out of sight of the CCTV cameras,
0:13:10 > 0:13:14Peter lights the touch paper on the final rocket,
0:13:14 > 0:13:16and immediately knows there is a problem.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Literally, as we lit it, it started to move,
0:13:19 > 0:13:24and I shouted to the kids, "It's going in that direction! Run!"
0:13:24 > 0:13:27Peter can see the firework will set off towards the house.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31His panicked warning can be heard on the security cameras.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Some of the children realise the danger, and run.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42But the rest of the group don't realise what's happening.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45The rocket is about to fly into the family's home above,
0:13:45 > 0:13:47deflect off a bedroom window,
0:13:47 > 0:13:50and then shoot down into the area where most of the children are.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53The security cameras pick up the sight and sound
0:13:53 > 0:13:55of the terror that follows.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58SCREAMING AND YELLING
0:14:05 > 0:14:08The rocket has flown into the trampoline.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12Young Kacey and her friend are trapped inside by the netting.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15The rocket bounces off the base, straight for Kacey.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18She cannot get out of the way, and it hits her.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21Terrified, she rips at the netting.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24She breaks through, but her foot is caught.
0:14:24 > 0:14:28She falls onto the ground, gets up in a panic and runs into the house.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30Peter watches on with horror.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33I ran over to the children
0:14:33 > 0:14:36at the same time as it hit the home and landed.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41"Help." It was just "help" going through my mind at the time.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43I was very scared for the kids.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47I was fearing the worst, there could have been severe burns.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50Peter searches frantically for his daughter.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52- Kacey! Where's Kacey?- In the house.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54Kacey!
0:14:54 > 0:14:57Kacey has run upstairs. She's in shock.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01My friend knew it was coming, and then it didn't hit my friend
0:15:01 > 0:15:03because she stepped aside.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08I could see loads of sparkles going up,
0:15:08 > 0:15:10and then it just goes "bang!"
0:15:10 > 0:15:14and goes all the way round the trampoline.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17And it, like, hit off my leg.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21I panicked. I just panicked.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23I never panicked before in my life.
0:15:23 > 0:15:29I thought it was going to hit my face and make me blind. I just jumped.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31I broke the net.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Thankfully, despite being hit by the rocket,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Kacey is completely unharmed.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42I feel lucky that it hit my leg but I wasn't hurt.
0:15:42 > 0:15:46Unbelievably, nobody in the firework's flight path was injured.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50The kids were very, very lucky that nobody was burnt,
0:15:50 > 0:15:53not even a spark hit any part of her skin.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55Not even a burn on clothing.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Somebody must have been watching down on us that evening,
0:15:58 > 0:16:00for what happened.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Worcester, in the West Midlands.
0:16:12 > 0:16:17Amateur racing driver Richard Price is trying to set a new course record
0:16:17 > 0:16:19in his Caterham sports car.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22But the on-board camera is about to capture the moment
0:16:22 > 0:16:24when something goes horribly wrong.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Richard has hit the bank at over 90mph.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32His terrified family are watching on.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35It just somersaulted and flipped way up in the air
0:16:35 > 0:16:36and disappeared from view.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38The car could have been a mangled wreck,
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Richard could have been dead, thrown out, we just didn't know.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52The moment 54-year-old Richard Price got behind the wheel
0:16:52 > 0:16:55of a sports car, a love affair began.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59My wife and I sat in a Caterham probably about 1987,
0:16:59 > 0:17:02something like that, and said to ourselves,
0:17:02 > 0:17:05"We'll have one of these one of these days."
0:17:05 > 0:17:10But it wasn't for another 14 years, when finally, in 2001,
0:17:10 > 0:17:12Richard bought himself a Caterham kit,
0:17:12 > 0:17:16and built himself the car of his dreams.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19I really enjoyed the process of putting the car together,
0:17:19 > 0:17:22and was quite disappointed when I had finished building it.
0:17:23 > 0:17:26To drive it was fabulous. But the more you drive it,
0:17:26 > 0:17:28the better it gets.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Richard got so addicted to his beloved car that he began
0:17:34 > 0:17:39racing it in hill climbs - timed runs up a steep, winding track.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41And it turns out he's pretty good.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Yes, I've been competing since 2002,
0:17:43 > 0:17:48and have won the class in the club championship three times now.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52But today Richard needs to hit speeds of over 90mph
0:17:52 > 0:17:55if he is to beat the course record at this racetrack in Worcester.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00I'd been slightly quicker than the class record in practice,
0:18:00 > 0:18:03I knew there was a little more to come, and I felt confident.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07And Richard has brought along his own group of supporters.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11His sister-in-law, Pat Barnsley, and her husband, Brian.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13We got a really good viewpoint about halfway up,
0:18:13 > 0:18:18just coming out of quite a steep what would be left-hand bend.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23And when it comes to his first run of the competition,
0:18:23 > 0:18:27with his on-board camera rolling, he's ready to smash that record.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32I had really good traction away from the start. My first corner went OK.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35Maybe I was carrying a little bit more speed than
0:18:35 > 0:18:39I had done, but I kept the throttle nailed.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Maybe a little too much.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45Thundering around the corner at over 90mph,
0:18:45 > 0:18:48the rear of the car starts to slide.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58Richard's car goes flying off the track.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00The camera cuts out,
0:19:00 > 0:19:03but the car continues to hurtle down the steep bank.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07It somersaulted and flipped way up in the air,
0:19:07 > 0:19:09and disappeared from view.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13Pat and Brian are praying that Richard is going to reappear
0:19:13 > 0:19:14over the brow of the hill.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19I was just hoping against anything that he wasn't hurt.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21We just couldn't see.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25The car could have been a mangled wreck, Richard could have been dead,
0:19:25 > 0:19:28he could have been thrown out, we just didn't know.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32Richard has ended up upside-down in a ditch in his mangled car.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36But he survived and remembers every moment.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41I was up and over the bank in a flash, I remember the nose digging in
0:19:41 > 0:19:45and the heavy impact, and I remember the car bouncing several times.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51And I'm thinking, "Oh, it's stopped, I'm OK."
0:19:51 > 0:19:56Race officials and doctors sprint over to try and find him.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00I thought the most likely thing was they would need help to get
0:20:00 > 0:20:02a stretcher back up the bank,
0:20:02 > 0:20:05having recovered him in whatever condition he was in.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08I certainly never expected to see him walking up the bank.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12I've never been so glad to see him in my life, to be honest.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16Richard knows he's been saved by the racing harness
0:20:16 > 0:20:18and roll cage he built into the car.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21But things could have been so much worse.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24If it had landed a few feet one way or the other, then there were
0:20:24 > 0:20:27tree stumps in the undergrowth, it could have been quite nasty.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31After taking a nine-month break from the sport,
0:20:31 > 0:20:35Richard has rebuilt his beloved car and is back at the races.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Yes, I have been competing, and, yes, I do compete hard, still.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41And I'm still looking for those tenths of a second.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53These days, we all rely on mobile phones,
0:20:53 > 0:20:56and in an emergency they are a godsend.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00However, in a remote location you can't always get a signal.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02But back in Turkey with our lost students,
0:21:02 > 0:21:04they discovered you should never give up.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11David Mackie and two friends are six days into a terrifying ordeal.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14An easy day's hike along a popular tourist trail in the Turkish
0:21:14 > 0:21:17mountains has gone disastrously wrong.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21The trio left the path to take what they thought was a short cut.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25Now, they are lost, hungry and frightened.
0:21:30 > 0:21:34David's frantic family have alerted the Turkish authorities
0:21:34 > 0:21:35from their home in Nottingham.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38The bad news was that they haven't contacted,
0:21:38 > 0:21:41they haven't found anything at all.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44Up in the mountains, David and his pals are desperately trying to find
0:21:44 > 0:21:49their way back to the safety of the marked trail, via a dry riverbed.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50We didn't know which river
0:21:50 > 0:21:53that we followed down. Because of the rain,
0:21:53 > 0:21:56there were new rivers, and none of the rivers looked the same any more.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00They are surviving by drinking from mountain streams.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03David doesn't know that his worried parents have contacted
0:22:03 > 0:22:05the Turkish authorities.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09He keeps checking his phone and suddenly, on day six,
0:22:09 > 0:22:10he gets a signal.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13Just as I tried to turn my phone off, Marije, who was with me, noticed
0:22:13 > 0:22:15I got two bars as I pressed "power off".
0:22:15 > 0:22:19David dials 911, the emergency number in Turkey, and for
0:22:19 > 0:22:21the first time in almost a week,
0:22:21 > 0:22:24he makes contact with the outside world.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Sadly the women couldn't speak particularly good English,
0:22:26 > 0:22:29so it could be a bit frustrating, trying to explain where we are.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32We are worrying at that point whether all three of us
0:22:32 > 0:22:34would make it through the night.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37The trio head for an opening in the ancient woodland,
0:22:37 > 0:22:41in the hope that rescuers spot them from the air.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Emergency services in Turkey notified David's anxious parents
0:22:44 > 0:22:48that their son is alive and has made contact.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50They were quite confident they'd located them,
0:22:50 > 0:22:53so we were absolutely delighted.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56His parents take the first available flight to Turkey.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00In the mountains, the three friends cling to the hope that rescue
0:23:00 > 0:23:04is imminent, but their ordeal is far from over.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07We got to a big, wide-open area, waited for three or four hours,
0:23:07 > 0:23:10didn't hear anything, didn't see any lights.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14They have no choice but to sit tight and keep a lookout.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18But, as the sun sets on day six of their wilderness ordeal,
0:23:18 > 0:23:19close to despair,
0:23:19 > 0:23:23the young friends can only huddle together for warmth and support.
0:23:23 > 0:23:29The next day, day seven, David attempts another 911 call,
0:23:29 > 0:23:31and learns a helicopter is on standby.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33I managed to say, "How long will it take?"
0:23:33 > 0:23:35They said about 20 minutes, so we thought,
0:23:35 > 0:23:38they've got our co-ordinates, they'll be here in 20 minutes.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40At that point my phone died, I had no battery left.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43They came and told us where they were looking and they took
0:23:43 > 0:23:48dogs out and they were very confident that they would find them.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Waited and waited for hours and hours, no sign,
0:23:51 > 0:23:53we couldn't hear any helicopter.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56Seven rescue teams and more than 100 people
0:23:56 > 0:23:59are now scouring a 25-mile area along the trail.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03We got to about two-ish, and you could see the search teams
0:24:03 > 0:24:06and the police were getting more despondent.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08We were getting cold, it was getting dark,
0:24:08 > 0:24:11and all we can think of is the kids are out there,
0:24:11 > 0:24:14they are going to be a lot colder than us, and you start to get
0:24:14 > 0:24:18concerned that they knew where they were but they haven't found them.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22On the morning of day eight, frustrated
0:24:22 > 0:24:25and close to giving up, David repeatedly
0:24:25 > 0:24:29tries his phone in a bid to guide the search teams to their position.
0:24:30 > 0:24:31I decided to check my phone again,
0:24:31 > 0:24:34I warmed it up a bit for the battery,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37and miraculously had 3% power left.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39I don't not how, because it had already died.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40I managed to make an emergency call.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42He gets through,
0:24:42 > 0:24:46and later that day their hopes are raised by a welcome sight.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48We could see the helicopters flying by.
0:24:48 > 0:24:51A helicopter flew really close to us one time.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53But it doesn't see them.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58It's now Sunday night, and a week since they set out.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02Davis, Marije and Frisko spend their eighth night in the open.
0:25:03 > 0:25:07Next morning, in a final desperate attempt to be spotted,
0:25:07 > 0:25:10they climb out onto an almost-sheer cliff face.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13It works.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20This infrared image is from the helicopter rescue's on-board camera.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Unbelievable mix of emotions cos it's what you've been
0:25:23 > 0:25:27dreaming of for seven days, and it finally actually happened.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31But the biggest emotion was relief more than anything.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34And news of the sighting quickly travels back to
0:25:34 > 0:25:36David's parents at their hotel.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38We got a message to say they had found them,
0:25:38 > 0:25:42they had actually located them, and we just couldn't believe it.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45We actually saw a photograph taken on somebody's phone,
0:25:45 > 0:25:49so when we saw them, that was absolutely unbelievable.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53Hovering dangerously close to the sheer cliffs where David
0:25:53 > 0:25:55and his friends are clinging to the rock face,
0:25:55 > 0:25:57the rescue helicopter crew film
0:25:57 > 0:25:59as the winchman snatches them to safety.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07We didn't really speak very much, to be honest with you.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11It was just very overwhelming for all three of us, really.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15Really just thanking anybody that had done anything
0:26:15 > 0:26:16to find us because we were
0:26:16 > 0:26:18in very desperate need for help at that point.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23After a short flight back to Antalya,
0:26:23 > 0:26:26they are greeted by a swarm of international media.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31For the first time in nine days, David and his friends feel safe.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35But through the crowds, David is only looking for two people.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38'During the eight days, the one thing I thought about the most
0:26:38 > 0:26:41'was my parents and times I had spent with my parents,'
0:26:41 > 0:26:44so I was in very desperate need to see my parents.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47So when I got off the helicopter, to see them running towards me
0:26:47 > 0:26:48was an unbelievable moment.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54'Oh... Unbelievable. Unreal.'
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Absolutely unbelievable, after all that time to get
0:26:57 > 0:27:01him in our arms, it was absolutely fantastic.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Absolutely wonderful.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10'I think we just expressed how much we loved each other.'
0:27:10 > 0:27:14There wasn't a great deal else to be said. It was so simple.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16That's all. And so pleased to see him.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20David and his friends are taken to hospital
0:27:20 > 0:27:24and checked over for dehydration and hypothermia.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28But the only treatment they need is food, water and a comfortable bed.
0:27:28 > 0:27:32David and his friends had set out on an easy day's hike.
0:27:32 > 0:27:36Instead, they endured an eight-day fight for survival,
0:27:36 > 0:27:41which ended 18 miles away, on this sheer mountainside.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43The main mistake was going off the path.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45That was the ultimate mistake, to be honest.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47That led us into that situation.
0:27:47 > 0:27:49It could have gone the wrong way.
0:27:49 > 0:27:53It could have easily gone the wrong way. But thankfully it didn't.
0:28:04 > 0:28:05That's all for now.
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Join us next time for more tales of survival,
0:28:08 > 0:28:10from people who have had a close call.