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9 Heroes Who Averted Disaster

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From the lone guard who prevented deadly riots at the Berlin Wall, to a stubborn scientist who singlehandedly fended off a medical catastrophe, to an unusually resourceful group of flight attendants faced with a kitchen crisis, Gabe and Mary bring you nine incredible stories of disasters that didn’t happen. (But almost did.) Plus: Get in the rice cooker mindset!

  • In a hilariously appropriate-for-this-episode coincidence, James Blunt’s new album is called Airplane Mode.
  • Read more about Karen Arcos’s work on memory and blindness.

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