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Rescues

Monday, Feb. 25, 2008

Witness Jumps In To Save Victim From Surf

A man was rescued after falling into the ocean south of the Ocean Beach Pier, San Diego lifeguards said Monday. »

Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007

Observant Driver Rescues Boy From Pit Bull

A boy in Columbus survived a pit bull attack over the weekend thanks to some observant people. »

Friday, Nov. 9, 2007

Driver rescued from railroad tracks moments before train collides

There was no villain with a handlebar mustache. But there was a woman stuck on the railroad tracks with a train bearing down on her. »

Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007

Boy dragged two storeys by lift cut out with saw

A 7-year-old boy trapped in a lift in his grandparents’ house had to be freed by firefighters using a chainsaw. »

Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007

Couple’s morning walk turns into rescue mission

A rescue at the Fox River last week might not have been, had Batavia resident Tom Wangler been on time for his morning walk. »

Man Rescues Neighbor

A former firefighter comes to the rescue of his neighbor following a late night fire, and now he’s being called a hero. »

Monday, Oct. 29, 2007

Coast Guard rescues stranded boaters,6-year-old boy

The Coast Guard rescued a 6-year-old boy and four men who went missing in Trinity Bay, Texas Sunday night. »

Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007

New Zealander rescues family from US fires

A family visit turned into a rescue mission for an expatriate Kiwi caught up in the fires in southern California. »

Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007

Men rescued from collapsed trench

Two men accidentally buried up to their torsos in dirt were trapped for three hours Saturday while firefighters dug them out of a caved in trench. »

Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007

Hiker rescued from forest after eight-day fast

The revelation was not, perhaps, what he expected. »

Friday, Aug. 24, 2007

Elderly woman rescued from burning house

The Delaware State Fire Marshal’s office is investigating a house fire that broke out last night in Magnolia and critically injured an elderly woman. »

Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007

Mineola Woman Hoping To Reunite With Her “Angel”

A day on the lake is usually synonymous with family fun. But the tide began to turn for Rachel Hohensee when the floatie they brought with them starting drifting away. »

Monday, Aug. 20, 2007

Neighbor Rescues Family From Fire

A good neighbor is being hailed as a hero after a fire broke out next door displacing its six adult residents. »

Friday, Aug. 17, 2007

Disabled man searches for Good Samaritan who rescued him

A Santa Barbara man survives a fall down a steep cliff. »

Neighbors rescue man from fire

AN Allonby man’s decision to have an early night saved the life of an elderly neighbour. »

Passer-by rescues boy, dog from house fire

ELYRIA — Fire crews spent more than an hour Monday afternoon dousing the flames that consumed a home on West River Road. »

Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007

Lost kayaker rescued after 50-mile journey

A Coral Springs man who went adrift in his kayak off the shores of Fort Lauderdale washed up Monday morning unharmed at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Beach Club. »

Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007

They’re miracle men

They checked hampers, even the microwave and the freezer. »

Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2007

Sharp-Eyed Woman Helps Rescue Sailors

It’s not every day that a woman in her eighties helps with a lake rescue. »

Police officer rescues woman from burning house

SYLACAUGA — Donna Evans thought she could put out what started as a small fire in her daughter’s bedroom, but the fire quickly escalated and she was trapped. »

Friday, Aug. 10, 2007

Boy, 7, rescued from pool

A 7-year-old boy is expected to live after he was rescued Wednesday afternoon from the bottom of a swimming pool at the Foxwood Manor Apartments complex on New Rodgers Road in Middletown. »

Woman, 78, rescued after 2 days in bush

A 78-year-old woman lost in the bush north of Winnipeg for two days is expected to make a full recovery after battling a ferocious storm and swarms of mosquitos, RCMP said today. »

Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007

Mother and son rescue five people from flooded cars

A total of five people were rescued from their cars by two heroes that turned out to be a mother and her son. »

Heroism credited for rescue of 40 festivalgoers

WASHINGTON – Neighbors and rescue personnel threw children out of the path of a speeding car that plowed through a crowded street festival, preventing more serious injuries than the 40 people struck, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty said Sunday. »

Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007

Teens Rescue 2 Kids From Apartment Fire

A 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl Friday ran into a burning second-floor apartment in Long Beach and rescued two children, authorities said. »

Deputy, firefighter make amazing rescue

A Charlotte County man was badly burned but is still alive thanks to an amazing rescue by a Charlotte County Deputy and a fire chief who risked their own lives to save the life of a driver inside a burning van. »

Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007

Passers-by Rescue Residents of Burning Building

Residents of a burning Bellevue building are calling passers-by “heroes” because they helped them get out in time, early Tuesday morning. »

Girl receives honor for woman’s rescue

Kalleigh K. Martin heard the cries when Valerie L. Gilchrist found herself alone and in trouble. »

Tuesday, Jul. 31, 2007

Fire strikes apartment complex; all residents rescued

Chester Cooper Junior was in his mother’s apartment on the first floor when police say he started the fire. His mother, also in the apartment, is wheelchair bound. »

Little Angel saves grandmother while swimming

Barbara Pierce has long thought of her granddaughter Samantha Hebb as her little angel. »

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