{"id":3112,"date":"2017-12-29T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2017\/12\/29\/preview-season-2-of-heavy-rescue-401-drives-back-onto-discovery\/"},"modified":"2017-12-29T12:00:52","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T12:00:52","slug":"preview-season-2-of-heavy-rescue-401-drives-back-onto-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2017\/12\/29\/preview-season-2-of-heavy-rescue-401-drives-back-onto-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW: SEASON 2 OF HEAVY RESCUE: 401 DRIVES BACK ONTO DISCOVERY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Greg David\/ TV, Eh\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve seen some pretty crazy stuff during my decades driving the 400 series highways in southern Ontario. There was the jackknifed tractor-trailer I observed sliding sideways on the northbound 427 as I drove southbound, spinning cars bouncing off one another on the 403 in Hamilton and an elderly woman\u00a0<em>walking down the offramp<\/em>\u00a0onto the 404. I can only imagine the wide range of things witnessed by the police, firefighters, EMTs and tow truck drivers during their careers.<\/p>\n<p>A mere taste of those experiences are featured in Season 2 of\u00a0<em>Heavy Rescue: 401<\/em>, returning Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. PT on Discovery. The No. 1 specialty\u00a0program in its timeslot\u2014from the producers of the equally engaging\u00a0<em>Highway Thru Hell<\/em>\u2014once again takes cameras into the cabs and onto the roadways of the province\u2019s 400 series highways including the 401 (the busiest stretch of freeway in North America), documenting the heroics and characters keeping those routes clear.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s first episode sets the stage for what\u2019s to come, as Ontario Provincial Police officer Sgt. Kerry Schmidt outlines how everyone has to be vigilant at all times for road conditions to change. And, minutes later, it does just that. A sudden snowstorm\u2014blowing in earlier than expected\u2014turns the 401 at Yonge St. into a sheet of ice. Salters are on high alert. They\u2019re not fast enough, however, and cars start spinning out. It\u2019s here that\u00a0<em>Heavy Rescue: 401<\/em>\u2018s producers really shine; their relationship with\u00a0the Ministry of Transportation\u2019s massive control centre\u2014the eyes that watch and manage the highways\u2014means they have access to the centre\u2019s camera system and can show real footage as accidents (and drama) unfolds. As interesting as it is to learn about the people who work the highways and arrive at the scene of a collision to show the cleanup, the COMPASS cameras tell the story of\u00a0<em>how<\/em>\u00a0it happened.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2804\" src=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/-\/media\/Heavy2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The COMPASS cameras capture key footage the following day as a dump truck driver\u2019s box\u2014in the up position\u2014drives straight into a bridge, causing traffic chaos. Enter Steve\u2019s Towing driver Sonny Subra, who rushes to the scene but is hogtied by traffic. Meanwhile, in Barrie, Ont., Classic Towing &amp; Storage\u2019s James is under the gun to clear a unique and surprising breakdown before the next band of snow hits highway 400.<\/p>\n<p>Additional stories covered this season on\u00a0<em>Heavy Rescue: 401<\/em>\u00a0is the complete shutdown of the 401 twice (once for over 30 hours); more time spent with the OPP and their tales, including\u00a0an organ transplant run and airborne highway patrol; and Kingston, Ont. being included in episodes.<\/p>\n<p>And with a third season already in production, fans can look forward to more\u00a0<em>Heavy Rescue: 401<\/em>\u00a0stories in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>What accidents and\/or experiences have you had on Ontario\u2019s 400 series highways? Let me know in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p><em>Heavy Rescue: 401<\/em>\u00a0airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET\/7 p.m. PT on Discovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greg David\/ TV, Eh\u00a0 I\u2019ve seen some pretty crazy stuff during my decades driving the 400 series highways in southern Ontario. There was the jackknifed tractor-trailer I observed sliding sideways on the northbound 427 as I drove southbound, spinning cars bouncing off one another on the 403 in Hamilton and an elderly woman\u00a0walking down the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2017\/12\/29\/preview-season-2-of-heavy-rescue-401-drives-back-onto-discovery\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PREVIEW: SEASON 2 OF HEAVY RESCUE: 401 DRIVES BACK ONTO DISCOVERY - Thunderbird Entertainment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2017\/12\/29\/preview-season-2-of-heavy-rescue-401-drives-back-onto-discovery\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PREVIEW: SEASON 2 OF HEAVY RESCUE: 401 DRIVES BACK ONTO DISCOVERY - Thunderbird Entertainment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Greg David\/ TV, Eh\u00a0 I\u2019ve seen some pretty crazy stuff during my decades driving the 400 series highways in southern Ontario. 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