Rescues
Flooded Kentucky Grows Weary After Another Natural Disaster
HAZARD, Ky. — Firefighters and National Guard crews have swarmed into eastern Kentucky after days of deadly flooding, rescuing by the hundreds people who found themselves trapped in the perilous water. Also preparing to send a delegation: the tiny community of Bremen, Ky., nearly 300 miles away. When Bremen was shredded last year by one […]
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Last Stand at Azovstal: Inside the Siege That Shaped the Ukraine War
Soldiers wrapped in blankets and sleeping bags, some missing arms and legs, were hoisted into the helicopters, whose rotors never stopped spinning. They lifted off with eight or nine wounded fighters that day, Flint said, some of whom were conscious enough to show off cellphone videos of the intense fighting they had endured. The March […]
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‘I Was Flying Headfirst’: A Shopping Trip Shattered by a Missile
KREMENCHUK, Ukraine — For Lyudmila Mykhailets, it was a simple trip to the mall with her husband, Nikolai, to check the prices of a new blender at the Comfy.ua store. In an instant, it turned into something horrific. She ignored an air-raid siren that sounded as they entered the Amstor mall complex in Kremenchuk, central […]
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Swimmer Anita Alvarez Is Rescued After Fainting During World Championships
As the American artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez sank slowly to the bottom of the pool at the world championships in Budapest on Wednesday, her coach, Andrea Fuentes, quickly scanned the pool deck and made a split-second decision: She dived in to save her. Alvarez, a 25-year-old from upstate New York, had lost consciousness at the […]
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Ship Carrying 1,100 Porsches and Other Luxury Cars Is Burning and Adrift
A mammoth cargo ship believed to be carrying thousands of vehicles including 1,100 Porsches was on fire and drifting off the coast of the Azores on Thursday after its 22 crew members were rescued from the vessel. The fire broke out on Wednesday morning in the cargo hold of the ship, called the Felicity Ace, […]
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Effort to Rescue a 5-Year-Old Transfixes Morocco, Only to End Sadly
CAIRO — The vigil had lasted for four days, transfixing tens of thousands of people around the world who watched, tweeted, cheered and prayed as a small band of rescuers in a tiny Moroccan village tried to free a 5-year-old boy from the deep well into which he had plunged. #SaveRayan, they pleaded. On Saturday […]
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Rescuers in Morocco Race to Save 5-Year-Old Stuck in Well for Days
CAIRO — Rescuers working day and night raced against the clock on Friday to try to save a 5-year-old boy, his face distraught and bloodied, after he was trapped in a 100-foot-deep well in a sleepy Moroccan village for three days. The operation to save the boy, named Rayan, who fell to the bottom of […]
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Dozens Are Reported Missing After Boat Capsizes Off Florida Coast
The U.S. Coast Guard said late Tuesday that it would search through the night for 39 people who went missing days earlier after a boat carrying them from the Bahamas capsized off the Atlantic coast of Florida. Rescuers learned of the accident on Tuesday morning, when a boater, who was described as a “good Samaritan,” […]
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21 People Rescued After a Freezing Night Stranded in Aerial Tram Cars
The restaurant workers walked into the aerial tram car at about 9 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, their shifts complete, their moods festive, even with the lashing wind and heavy snow. Amber Santos stood beside the trash bins they had carried inside the car, which reeked of food leftovers from Ten 3, a restaurant at […]
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