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Principal Jumps in Icy River to Save Autistic Boy

Both are doing fine after rescue

(Newser) - The Union Leader of New Hampshire has a nice tale of humble heroism: A school principal jumped into the Cocheco River and rescued a 10-year-old autistic boy who had fallen through the ice. The boy had run away from a teacher and through nearby woods before walking onto the river'...

Search for Cruise Ship Victims Back On—for Now

Costa Concordia operation may soon shift from rescue to recovery

(Newser) - Rescue efforts are back on at the site of the half-submerged Costa Concordia—but they may not last long. Overnight tests revealed it was safe to send divers back to the scene, reports the AFP , and a rep for the coast guard explained that the plan is to use "...

Lost Snowshoer Burned Cash to Survive

Yong Chun Kim also dreamed of his wife, sauna while stranded on Mt. Rainier

(Newser) - Good thing he had money to burn. That's how lost Tacoma snowshoe hiker Yong Chun Kim, 66, survived two days in the mountains of Washington state until rescuers found him. He had no overnight gear in the freezing weather, but he ran in place and used fire starters to...

US Rescues Iranians in Gulf (Again)
US Rescues Iranians
in Gulf (Again)
Jan 10, 2012 3:49 PM CST

US Rescues Iranians in Gulf (Again)

Coast Guard gets six off distressed fishing boat

(Newser) - The big bad Americans rescued more Iranians at sea today. This time, a US Coast Guard cutter plucked six fishermen off their boat in the Gulf when the engine failed and the vessel began flooding, reports Fox News . The crew hailed the passing US ship with flares and flashlights. It'...

Passers-By Rescue Kids in Icy River Crash

Bystander shoots out window with handgun

(Newser) - At least ten good Samaritans leaped into an icy Utah river to rescue three children trapped in a car that had careened off a road. A defense contractor used a handgun to shoot out a car window and cut a seat belt to help free the kids. The driver had...

Dog, Hiker in Dramatic Cliff Rescue

Dog slips down sheer cliff chasing bottle, owner goes after her

(Newser) - Los Angeles firefighters saved a hiker in a hair-raising rescue after the teen went over a sheer cliff to save his terrified dog. Ivan Salas' year-old shepherd mix, Lola, slipped 150 feet over the edge as she chased a water bottle tossed by Salas' dad while the men were traveling...

Firefighter Catches Child Dropped From Third Floor

Others rescued from windows, ledges in Boston blaze

(Newser) - A heroic story out of Boston: As their apartment building burned and Herbert and Judith Lamb tried to escape from the third floor, Judith was forced to drop her 6-year-old grandson out a window—and into the arms of a waiting firefighter. “I knew she wouldn’t be able...

Paperboy Saves Woman Trapped in Chair Overnight

Texas 75-year-old nearly killed in bizarre outdoor accident

(Newser) - Awesome reason to keep that newspaper subscription: A 75-year-old woman in Texas got trapped in an outdoor chair overnight and might not have survived had her paperboy not pulled up about 5am, reports the Austin American-Statesman . Evelyn Rogers sat in the lawn chair about 6pm when it collapsed upon her....

20 Rescued From Aerial Cable Car— After 17 Hours

Tourists in Germany spent the night up in the air

(Newser) - No matter how bad your night was, 20 tourists in Germany have you beat. They spent it crammed into a mountain cable car that got stuck at 330 feet. All were finally plucked to safety today—after 17 hours—by helicopters at Tegelberg Mountain, reports AP . The car got jammed...

12-Year-Old Girl Key in Boy's Dramatic Ocean Rescue

Nicole Kissel risked her own life to help Dale Ostrander

(Newser) - When Nicole Kissel heard fellow 12-year-old Dale Ostrander's cries for help, she turned her boogie board toward the deeper waters of the turbulent Pacific even as her father shouted for her to stop. She pulled Dale onto her board, and the two fought the rip current together, even as...

Married Gay Couple Saved 40 Youths in Oslo Massacre

But lesbians' heroics seems to slipped under the radar

(Newser) - We’ve heard several stories of heroism following the Oslo massacre, but one big story seems to have slipped through the cracks: The story of Toril Hansen and Hege Dalen, who saved 40 teens from Utoya island in their boat. The couple made four trips to save the youths, even...

Woman Survives Fall Into Niagara Rapids

Tour boat spotted her and pulled her out

(Newser) - This week has brought water tourism disasters at Yosemite and Maui , but finally we've got a happy ending to a similar tale: A 30-year-old Michigan woman survived a fall into the rapids below Niagara Falls, reports KSDK-TV . Lindsey Burgess fell in while hiking with her fiance, and she got...

Woman Dies After Botched Sea Rescue

Janet Richardson, 73, spent nearly eight minutes in frigid waters

(Newser) - Janet Richardson left England for Norway last month, intending to see the Northern Lights with her husband. But little more than a week into the cruise, the 73-year-old, who suffered from diabetes, fell ill on the ship and began to suffer from internal bleeding. A botched rescue led to the...

San Quentin Inmates Rescue Boaters
San Quentin Inmates
Rescue Boaters
Apr 21, 2011 5:05 AM CDT

San Quentin Inmates Rescue Boaters

Prison firefighters pull couple from San Francisco Bay

(Newser) - If he were alive today, Johnny Cash might be surprised to learn that San Quentin did some good. Inmates from the California prison's fire department rescued a man and woman whose boat capsized in the frigid waters of San Francisco Bay, reports CNN . The woman, who was wearing a...

Stranded Women Saved By SOS in Sand

Nearby Navy rescues pair on hard-to-reach Hawaiian shore

(Newser) - An “SOS” note scrawled in the sand actually worked for two stranded women in Hawaii. A tour helicopter noticed the letters and notified naval aviators who were training nearby; they saw the inscription and flashes from a mirror and sent a helicopter and swimmer to pick up the stranded...

Tsunami Dog 'Ban' Back With Owner

Pooch was plucked from house wreckage after 3 weeks at sea

(Newser) - Ban, the Japanese wonder dog who survived the tsunami and three weeks adrift in the wreckage of his home, is back with his owner, reports Gawker. And yes, this pales in comparison to the ongoing humanitarian crisis over there, writes Maureen O'Connor, and we should "give a damn about...

Japanese Wonder Dog Survives Tsunami, High Seas

Dog rescued by coast guard off the northern coast of Japan

(Newser) - Get Disney on the line. While conducting last-ditch search and rescue efforts off the northern coast of Japan, the coast guard discovered what might be the world's most resilient dog, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Rescuers spotted him atop the floating debris of a house that had washed away, and...

Baby Dolphin Rescued From Japan Tsunami Trap
 Baby Dolphin 
 Rescued From 
 Rice Paddy 
TSUNAMI AFTERMATH
Mar 23, 2011 1:37 PM CDT

Baby Dolphin Rescued From Rice Paddy

Man pulls animal out, drives it to sea

(Newser) - A baby dolphin trapped in a flooded rice paddy after Japan’s tsunami has been returned to the sea, Reuters reports. "A man passing by said he had found the dolphin in the rice paddy and that we had to do something to save it," says a pet...

Japan Earthquake Miracles: Baby Rescued From Rubble, and More

 Baby Pulled From 
 Rubble in Japan 
and more miracle rescues
Mar 15, 2011 9:20 AM CDT

Baby Pulled From Rubble in Japan

Elderly woman also rescued from house after five days

(Newser) - From the devastation in Japan, a few miracles: Most notably, a 4-month-old baby pulled from the rubble in the coastal town of Ishinomaki, where she had been wrenched from her parents’ arms when the tsunami hit three days before. Soldiers, whose mission had turned from rescue to recovery after finding...

New Zealand Woman Pulled From Rubble 24 Hours Later

One of 30 people rescued from Christchurch office building

(Newser) - After being trapped for 24 hours, a woman was pulled from the rubble of the Pyne Gould Corp. building in Christchurch today, a rare bright spot on a dark day in New Zealand. Ann Bodkin had taken cover under her desk during yesterday’s 6.3-magnitude earthquake, and “the...

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