PROGRAM CHANGE: ABC News’ ‘20/20: In an Instant,’ ‘Match Made in Hell,’ Airs Saturday, August 19
PROGRAM CHANGE
A LAS VEGAS WOMAN’S ONLINE DATING RESULTS IN HER ATTEMPTED MURDER
Returning for its third season, “20/20: In an Instant” retells heart-pounding, first-hand accounts of the world’s most harrowing tales of survival by bringing them to life through breathtaking dramatizations. The powerful series features gripping interviews with the people whose lives were on the line and those who were instrumental in helping them survive. Ordinary people stared death in the face and outlasted tremendous odds. What key decisions did they make to save themselves? A new episode of “20/20: In an Instant” airs SATURDAY, AUGUST 19 (10:00–11:00 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network. (Rebroadcast. ABC OAD: 07/01/2017)“In an Instant: Match Made in Hell”
When Mary Kay Beckman decided to give online dating a try, she was looking for a “healthy, loving relationship.” Instead she found a psychopath who ended up trying to kill her.
Beckman met Wade Ridley in September of 2010 and, within less than two weeks of dating, realized she didn’t want to see Ridley anymore. Four months after the break up, Ridley hid in Beckman’s garage. When Beckman got home that night, Ridley attacked her with a butcher knife, stabbing her repeatedly until it broke. Then, he stomped and kicked her and left her for dead. Beckman was fighting for her life when a neighbor called 911.
As Beckman was fighting to recover, police searched for her attacker and eventually discovered Ridley was already in custody for the murder of another ex-girlfriend whom he also found on a popular dating website. Ultimately, Ridley confessed to Beckman’s brutal attack and was sentenced to up to 70 years in prison. Ridley killed himself in prison before standing trial for the murder of the other woman.
“20/20: In An Instant” is executive produced by Maria Awes and Andy Awes for Committee Films in association with ABC News’ Lincoln Square Productions. Rudy Bednar is executive producer on behalf of Lincoln Square Productions.
About Lincoln Square Productions
ABC News’ Lincoln Square Productions produces original content for broadcast, cable and digital distribution specializing in compelling ways to tell fact-based stories, including ABC’s “What Would You Do?,” “Madoff,” “In An Instant” and the “Oscars® Opening Ceremony: Live From the Red Carpet,” Investigation Discovery’s “Barbara Walters Presents,” as well as documentary programming for a wide array of partners, including PBS, Discovery Communications and A & E Networks. Lincoln Square Productions is wholly-owned by the American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. The headquarters are located in New York City’s Lincoln Square neighborhood. Morgan Hertzan is senior vice president of Lincoln Square Productions.
In an Instant: Frozen on the Mountain (8/19) (Rebroadcast. ABC OAD: 07/08/2017)
A MILITARY FLAG HELPS SAVE A YOUNG MAN AND WOMAN TRAPPED IN A BLIZZARD ON A CALIFORNIA MOUNTAIN
Episode 5 – “In an Instant: Frozen on the Mountain”
Army veteran Kenny Pasten, his dog, Rex, and friend Tiffany Finney were hiking in the San Bernardino National Forest near Big Bear, planning to scale the 11,500-foot summit of San Gorgonio. Pasten brought along a flag he received for being an Honor Guard serviceman that he planned to take photos of at the top. The weather was nice that day, but suddenly the skies turned and the trio was facing whiteout blizzard conditions.
With no trees around, Pasten found a bush and they hurried to dig a foxhole under it. He and Finney snuggled together with Rex and covered themselves with the flag. In the morning, they began to move in an effort to save themselves, despite the fact that Finney was in and out of consciousness, and hoped to get cell reception at the tallest point of the mountain and call for help. Eventually, Pasten was forced to leave Finney, but left Rex next to her to keep her warm.
Pasten took Finney’s phone with him and when he finally made it to the peak, with three percent battery power remaining, had a signal to call 911. Although the rescue helicopter couldn’t see him initially, Pasten sent a desperate text to 911 dispatch with his GPS coordinates just before the phone died.
Once the rescuers found Pasten, they went in search of Finney, who also miraculously survived. The two suffered severe cases of frostbite, and Finney lost a pinky. When a seasoned hiker heard about Pasten’s amazing survival story, he and his father went up the mountain in search of the still frozen flag, and finished Pasten’s mission to get it to the top.
“20/20: In an Instant” is executive produced by Maria Awes and Andy Awes for Committee Films in association with ABC News’ Lincoln Square Productions. Rudy Bednar is executive producer on behalf of Lincoln Square Productions.
About Lincoln Square Productions
ABC News’ Lincoln Square Productions produces original content for broadcast, cable and digital distribution specializing in compelling ways to tell fact-based stories, including ABC’s “What Would You Do?,” “Madoff,” “In An Instant” and the “Oscars® Opening Ceremony: Live From the Red Carpet,” Investigation Discovery’s “Barbara Walters Presents,” as well as documentary programming for a wide array of partners, including PBS, Discovery Communications and A & E Networks. Lincoln Square Productions is wholly-owned by the American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. The headquarters are located in New York City’s Lincoln Square neighborhood. Morgan Hertzan is senior vice president of Lincoln Square Productions.
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