human body: pushing the limits

So i watched this show yesterday at 9pm and 10 pm called The Human Body; Pushing the Limit. There were two episodes. The first one talked about the body and strength, and the second episode talked about the body and sight. The first episode was very interesting. It gave stories of how people obtained super human strength and were able to do amazing things. The first story dealt with a person who got caught in a tornado. While trying to hold his door closed, the man got carried away by the the tornado. They said that when the tornado hit, he was lifted and thrown a quarter of a mile from where his house was. When the tornado was finaly over, the man got up and walked away fine, with no broken bones. Scientists said that the man had to have hit the ground going 30 miles per hour. Now I don't know about you guys, but I think it's pretty amazing how the guy didn't get hurt at all. especially after being thrown that far and hitting the ground that hard. The second story taked about a hiker. While the man was climbing around a cliff, a slab of rock that he had grabbed onto broke off from the cliff and fell on him. Since the man was on a slope, when it fell on him, he started sliding down the cliff. With only one option left to survive, he lifted the rock off of him and through it to the ground with no time to spare. Now that's pretty impressive itself, but the rock that he lifted off of himself weighed 1200 pounds. Thats one and a half times the world record for benching. It's pretty insane that this man was able to do this, and he isn't a big guy, just a normal size hiker. Anyway, the scientists said that when he was falling, his only choices were to lift the rock off of him or slide off the cliff and die. He was ablt to life the rock off of him because all of his muscle fibers worked together at exactly the same time, creating a human who possessed super human strength for a brief moment.
The second episode talked about sight and how we can see and spot some of the most amazing things. The first story talked about a lifeguard who was able to spot one man who was out in the ocean drowning. They said how it's so crazy that a lifeguard can spot something like that, mainly because there are always people who look like they may be drowning or putting up signals for help, but actually aren't. A second story talked about a woman who was in a car accident at age 19 and ended becoming blind. Doctors performed this procedure where they stick these two little rods in the sides of her head and put little receptors into her brain. By slowing turning them on one at a time, the woman was able to start seeing again. She wasn't able to see much yet, only light and dark, but doctors said that as more receptors get turned on, she may be able to eventually see again completely. These stories I thought were all very interesting and if you want to watch them, turn to channel 49 on sundays at 9 and 10pm, or even 11 and 12pm and they will be on.