Infant rescued from burning car
A Michigan toddler is hospitalized after being pulled from a burning car wreck. »
Monday, May. 28, 2007
Toddlers rescued from Australian wilderness
A pair of 2-year-olds who wandered out of a vacation home and into the Australian wilderness were found Monday - scratched and dirty but unhurt - after spending more than 24 hours outdoors. »
Friday, May. 25, 2007
Hero wardens lift 14-tonne bus to rescue trapped boy
A HEROIC team of passers-by lifted a 14-tonne bus off the ground to free a 13-year-old schoolboy trapped under-neath. »
Milkman rescues woman from blaze
A milkman has saved a pensioner from her blazing house in County Durham. »
Register Star reporter plays role in rescue
Register Star sports reporter Jay Taft was on his way to the girls state track meet Friday morning on eastbound Illinois 16 when he saw a medium-sized SUV pull onto the highway in front of a pickup truck about 50 yards ahead. »
Thursday, May. 24, 2007
Child, 2, rescued from kiddy pool
A 2-year-old girl was resuscitated Tuesday afternoon by a heroic bystander at Preston Mill Apartments in Newnan after the young girl nearly drowned in the community pool. »
Police, Fire, Tire Town workers hailed in river rescue
A sigh of relief and gratitude echoed through the Rockville section today after a daring rescue by police officers, firefighters, and Tire Town employees saved three boys from drowning in a raging Hockanum River on Wednesday.
For Ruth Correa and Shona Hunter, whose sons were nursing bruises and scrapes today, the outcome could have been much worse. »
Wednesday, May. 23, 2007
Soldier helps rescue driver of fiery car wreck
A 20-year-old man is alive because four fellow soldiers from Fort Campbell saw his wrecked car smoking and pulled him to safety.
Craig Bowers was listed in stable condition at Vanderbilt University Medical. »
New York Firefighters Rescue Woman After Sidewalk Grate Gives
Kids are fascinated by them and women wearing high heels disdain them. But after a New Jersey woman fell into a utility vault yesterday, no one could recall the last time a New York city sidewalk grate gave way. »
Police: Good Samaritan Rescues Sexual Assault Victim
A Good Samaritan was injured after stepping in to help a woman being sexually assaulted, NBC 7/39 reported. »
Tuesday, May. 22, 2007
Heroic couple come to pensioner’s rescue
A YOUNG couple rushed to pull a pensioner out of her home as smoke poured from an upstairs flat. »
Aspiring firefighters rescue neighbour from blaze
Three aspiring firefighters found their home on fire and their rescue skills being put to the test early Friday morning in Toronto. »
Monday, May. 21, 2007
Neighbour rescues senior from house fire
David Fabi doesn’t consider himself a hero - just someone who did what anyone else would do in the same situation. »
Wednesday, May. 16, 2007
Good Samaritan Rescues Collapsed Jogger, Baby
It was an emotional reunion inside Barnes Jewish Hospital Tuesday. It was the chance for a good samaritan to see the woman he saved. It’s actually a second meeting for Melissa O’Connor and Don Cooper. That, in itself, is amazing considering what happened the first time they met. »
Monday, May. 14, 2007
“It was a miracle”: FBI agent saves teen hit by car
A Stoneham teen just home from the hospital says she owes her life to an off-duty Boston FBI agent who gave her CPR after she was struck by a car and left covered in blood as her traumatized friends stood frozen in fear. »
Hero rescues woman in Mersey
AN OFF-duty lifeguard rescued a woman and her two dogs after they became cut off by incoming tide. »
Thursday, May. 10, 2007
Mother and son in blaze rescue
A MOTHER and son were trapped in a bedroom after a blaze broke out at their Seaforth home. »
Hero wakes residents to two fires
Rod Brown doesn’t consider himself a hero. »
Tuesday, May. 8, 2007
‘I just did it,’ Lynx driver says of rescue
Lynx bus driver Pat Ward still doesn’t know why she hit the brakes and jumped off her bus in the predawn darkness to chase away a man pulling a woman into the bushes. But she’s glad she didn’t stop to think. »
Monday, May. 7, 2007
Dad’s dramatic cliff rescue
A dad turned Spiderman to rescue his two-year-old son after the tot tumbled half way down a 60ft cliff. »
Woman Who Can’t Swim Rescued Man, 88, From Lake
A woman who did not know how to swim rescued a man, 88, after his vehicle began sinking into a deep lake at the Desert Island Country Club, it was reported Sunday. »
Thursday, May. 3, 2007
State Patrol trooper rescues trucker
A State Patrol trooper pulled a semi driver to safety after a tire on the semi exploded, the patrol said. »
Witness Rescues Driver From Pond
A man lost control of his truck and ended up in a pond on Friday morning. »
Wednesday, May. 2, 2007
Crews rescue 71yo from olive machine
Emergency crews say an elderly woman is lucky to be alive after becoming stuck in machinery at an Adelaide business this morning. »
Tuesday, May. 1, 2007
Woman rescued from pond 2 days after crash
A badly hurt woman spent two days inside her partially submerged sport utility vehicle before a passing motorist spotted the wreck in a pond, authorities said. »
Wednesday, Apr. 25, 2007
Crews use air bags, shovels to rescue man under backhoe
A man in his 60s was injured Saturday afternoon when a 10-ton backhoe he was maneuvering up a dirt pile tipped over on its side, pinning him in the cab and driving his right leg into the ground. »
Tuesday, Apr. 24, 2007
Man falls 15 feet into hole, saved by firemen
City firefighters yesterday morning rescued a construction worker after he fell approximately 15 feet into a hole at an East State Street work site. »
Thirsty Neighbor Helps Rescue Fire Victims
It’s a good thing Jose Olivares woke up at 3 a.m. to grab a glass of water. That’s when he saw his neighbors’ house going up in flames. »
Neighbors Rescue 2-Year-Old From Burning House
A 2-year-old child was safe early Saturday after some brave neighbors formed a “human ladder” to rescue her from a burning building, fire officials said. »
Monday, Apr. 23, 2007
Hero saves driver
A good Samaritan who heard an accident and ran to it this weekend ended up saving a life. »