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. »
Tuesday, Jul. 31, 2007
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. »
Tuesday, Jul. 3, 2007
Emergency crew rescues mum and girl
Firefighters had to smash down doors to rescue a mum and her two-year-old daughter as their Telford home filled with smoke today. »
Monday, Jul. 2, 2007
2 men saved from fiery crash in heroic rescue
Off-duty firefighters, law officers and civilians pulled two men from their blazing, mangled car with only moments to spare on Ingraham Street last night, authorities said. »
Men rescued from tank of fish poo
Four men were rescued in America last Friday, after they fell into an 18-foot tank filled with fish faeces. »
Friday, Jun. 29, 2007
Mum rescues her babies from house fire
A QUICK-THINKING mother rescued her two young children from a house fire minutes before it engulfed their home. »
Men of steel rip up wrecks to rescue us
Every little boy wants to be a fire fighter. Maybe its that hero com plex we fantasize about. Certainly there’s no one more dashing than the helmeted man in the reflective yellow coat who saves the family home . . . and rescues Mrs. McGillicuddy’s kitty on the way back to the station. »
Thursday, Jun. 28, 2007
Toddler’s mother thankful for rescue
Recently at BroMenn Regional Medical Center, I became trapped in my vehicle. »
Man rescues 5 from burning vehicle
“It’s very important to me that people recognize what he did,” Jim Wade said Thursday night from Wishard Hospital. “There is no way I’ll ever be able to express the gratitude I have to this guy. Words just don’t do him justice. »
Firefighters Rescue Family From Blazing Home
Firefighters rescued a young family from their burning house when a mystery blaze trapped them in a bedroom. »
Wednesday, Jun. 27, 2007
Men rescue woman from crashed car
A man who spied steam rising from a ditch in southeast Missouri called a friend and the two of them rescued an elderly woman whose car had crashed. »
Lifeguard comes to boy’s rescue
A lifeguard is credited with saving a boy’s life at a city pool on Tuesday. »
2 Children Rescued From Mobile Home Fire
An act of heroism by a Forest Lake firefighter early Wednesday morning saved the lives of two children trapped inside burning mobile home. »
Monday, Jun. 18, 2007
103-year-old woman rescued in house fire
A 103-year-old woman was rescued from her bed during an early morning fire yesterday in Vandergrift that damaged three houses and displaced three families. »
Hero Waitress Pulls Woman From River
Leah Sargent acted quickly and saved the life of an unconscious woman floating in the Potomac River on Wednesday. »
Bystanders rescue drowning boy
When Adrianna Kruger saw a man swim into the water Saturday at the Barton Creek greenbelt in Southwest Austin screaming that his son had disappeared, the former lifeguard had a feeling that she might be called upon to perform CPR. »