Imagine a catastrophic attack on U.S. soil wiping out the president, Congress and upper levels of government.
It's the premise of the new ABC show Designated Survivor.
Keifer Sutherland plays a low-level cabinet secretary who survives and is thrust into the presidency.
It's a contingency plan that may not be far from reality.
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