From a group of students surviving the 9.0 earthquake that set off a historic tsunami in Japan, to a boy nearly frozen on the prairie in 1888, these unforgettable kids lived to tell tales of unimaginable destruction -- and, against all odds, survival.

The children's blizzard, 1888 -- The Titanic disaster, 1912 -- The great Boston molasses flood, 1919 -- The Japanese tsunami, 2011 -- The Henryville tornado, 2012.