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Rescues

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. »

Saved by God’s angels

South Africa — Ria Quna, trapped in the hotel as an inferno raged below, panicked as she grabbed her baby and ran up to the rooftop. »

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. »

Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007

Woman, 90, rescued from burning home

Australia — A 90-year-old woman has been rescued by a neighbour from her blazing home in Melbourne’s east. »

Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2007

3 yo boy saved from choking to death

Manchester, UK — A NURSE has been hailed an `angel’ after saving the life of a three-year-old boy who was choking in the street. »

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. »

Hero marine rescues hanging woman

UK — A former Royal marine has told how he gave the kiss-of-life to a woman who was found hanging from a fence. »

Little Angel saves grandmother while swimming

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

Monday, Jul. 30, 2007

Martial arts expert rescues schoolgirl

A HAVE-A-GO hero has revealed how he helped rescue a 13-year-old girl who was the victim of an alleged sex attack at a busy Newcastle (UK) bus station. »

Amazing Rescue in Greene County to Save a Boy’s Life

A dramatic rescue, after a 12-year-old boy takes a fierce fall while hiking with his family. »

Friday, Jul. 13, 2007

Boy saves gran’s life

A SCHOOLBOY was today hailed a hero after helping save his grandmother’s life. »

Thursday, Jul. 12, 2007

Dramatic Rescue On Quesnel River

Quesnel RCMP are releasing details of a dramatic rescue on the Quesnel River. In fact, Police say they may very well recommend a life saving award for those involved. »

Neighbors rescue sleeping women from burning trailer

Neighbors in a Redmond RV park who noticed a nearby 28-foot travel trailer was on fire early this morning roused two sleeping women, helped them escape, and extinguished the fire using a garden hose. »

Wednesday, Jul. 11, 2007

Man Rescues Woman, Cats From Burning Mobile Home

A family in the Eau Claire area credits a neighbor with coming to the rescue when fire broke out in their mobile home yesterday afternoon. »

Mum rescues children from burning house

A MOTHER rescued her three young children from their burning home. »

Tuesday, Jul. 10, 2007

Neighbour hailed a hero after fire rescue

A NEIGHBOUR is being hailed a hero after rescuing a pregnant mother and her toddler son from their burning home and carrying them down a ladder. »

Friday, Jul. 6, 2007

Student Rescues Neighbor

When 18-year-old Jeffrey Poston came home for lunch Sunday afternoon, the last thing he says he expected to see was smoke coming from his neighbors’ house. »

Rescue an act of God

CURRUMBIN girl Chantelle Cowham has been dubbed a hero by lifeguards after dragging 15-year-old surfer Jake Miller from the water in what she called an act of God. »

Thursday, Jul. 5, 2007

Troopers called heroes for saving their colleague

A state trooper who was badly injured in Sunday’s head-on crash in Lake Township might have died if it weren’t for the heroic actions of two fellow troopers, state police officials at Wyoming said Monday. »

Rescue Team Saves Woman, Dog And Stew

A rescue team navigated flooded farmland in a boat to save a 70-year-old woman and her dog from rising floodwaters and made another critical rescue, a pot of stew from the woman’s stove. »

Wednesday, Jul. 4, 2007

Man Rescued Two Trapped Under Car

A neighbor came to the rescue of two men trapped under a car. »