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• Family of doctor rescued from Taliban sends condolences to family of Navy SEAL killed in rescue

  December 10, 2012 6:39 PM

  Colorado Springs - The family of a Colorado doctor abducted by the Taliban and freed in Afghanistan is extending sympathy to the family of a Navy SEAL killed in the rescue. Petty Officer 1st Class Nicolas D. Checque was killed in the weekend raid. He was a member of... more »

• 2 dogs rescued off 14er

  August 10, 2012 12:56 PM

  BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (AP) - Two dogs are safe after more than 20 rescuers pulled them off a Colorado mountain. Authorities say two climbers and their two dogs ran into a problem July 24 descending Quandary Peak, which is over 14,000 feet high. According to the Denver Post, both climbers were... more »

• Yacht capsizes while boaters watched fireworks

  July 5, 2012 6:09 AM

  OYSTER BAY, N.Y. (AP) - Twenty five people have been rescued from a capsized yacht near Oyster Bay on Long Island and a search is continuing for others who could be missing. The U.S. Coast Guard says it received a report Wednesday night that a 36-foot Silverton motor yacht had... more »

• 28 people safe after rescued from boat

  December 25, 2011 8:03 AM

  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Coast Guard says crews rescued 28 people after their boat engine caught fire in San Francisco Bay. Officials received a call about the blaze in the McCovey Cove shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday. Petty officer Rachel Polish says crews arrived a few minutes later and... more »

• Marines rescued after 4 hours in the Pacific

  August 11, 2011 6:20 PM

  SAN DIEGO (AP) - Two Marines are in serious but stable condition at a Navy hospital after spending four harrowing hours in the chilly Pacific Ocean. They ejected last night from their F/A-18 Hornet jet as it went down. The two Marines drifted in their flight suits, yelling and... more »

• Hiker rescued on Larimer County trail

  June 22, 2011 12:04 PM

  FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - A 69-year-old Fort Collins man has been rescued after he fell on a trail near Fort Collins. Larimer County Sheriff's Office spokesman John Schulz says the man fell about a mile and a half from the Grey Rock trailhead and injured his leg. The... more »

• Troopers: 800 motorists rescued after ND blizzard

  March 12, 2011 3:18 PM

  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The North Dakota Highway Patrol says about 800 people have been rescued from vehicles stuck on ice-slicked roads and in drifting snow after a blizzard struck the state, creating white-out conditions. Lt. Jody Skogen says only minor injuries have been reported after pileups and crashes... more »

• RI firefighters save 18-foot snake in burning home

  October 5, 2010 3:37 PM

  Firefighters often have to rescue people from burning homes, sometimes even a dog or cat. But the 18-foot Burmese python that firefighters had to drag out of a burning Rhode Island home just after midnight Monday may have been a first. Acting Chief Peter Henrikson tells The Providence Journal... more »

• Oil platform catches fire in Gulf; workers OK

  September 3, 2010 9:02 AM

  A company official says the incident aboard a Mariner Energy oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico is considered a fire, not an explosion. The Coast Guard says there was no leak, and no one was killed. The Coast Guard initially reported that an oil sheen a mile... more »

• Zoo's sky ride fixed, open for business

  August 20, 2010 3:31 PM

  Two days after the Mountaineer Sky Ride at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo came to an abrupt halt, stranding people who had to be rescued, it's again open to riders. A replacement wire was installed Friday morning and all safety inspections were completed without any issues. more »

• Flash flooding in Tennessee, with more rain coming

  August 18, 2010 4:32 PM

  Heavy rainfall has soaked some of the same parts of Middle Tennessee that were inundated with severe flooding in May, and forecasters warn that more rain is expected. A train washed off its tracks and rescuers plucked people from the roof of a flooded car as continued downpours were... more »

• Plane carrying 5 crashes into Lake Michigan

  July 23, 2010 12:46 PM

  The U.S. Coast Guard says a medical transport plane carrying five crashed into Lake Michigan and that one person has been rescued. Petty Officer Nathaniel Parks says the plane went down shortly after 10 a.m. Friday a few miles off the shore of Ludington, Michigan. A passenger was... more »

• Climber rescued from cliff in Rocky Mountain National Park

  July 22, 2010 9:15 AM

  A 27-year-old woman has been rescued after hanging for hours from a cliff wall on Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. Officials say four park rangers who were flown by helicopter to the top of the more than 14,000-foot mountain climbed down to help Carolyn Davidson early Wednesday... more »

• Heavy storm causes flash flooding in Oklahoma City

  June 14, 2010 12:54 PM

  Heavy rains are causing flash flooding across Oklahoma City, stranding motorists and prompting the closure of portions of several interstates and city streets. Oklahoma City Police Lt. Gamille Hardin says from 2 to 6 inches of rain fell in just three hours, forcing the closure of parts of several... more »

• Wisconsin woman braves traffic, saves 14 ducklings

  April 26, 2010 11:28 AM

  A mother duck didn't survive her walk across a busy Wisconsin roadway, but a motorist made sure the 14 ducklings stayed safe - even one that wiggled under her dashboard. Angela Speed of the Wisconsin Humane Society says the good Samaritan was driving in West Allis, a Milwaukee suburb,... more »

• Colorado man rescued from NH mountain

  March 29, 2010 1:40 PM

  Authorities say a Colorado man hiking on New Hampshire's Mount Adams is safe after rescuers helped him walk off the mountain. The New Hampshire Union Leader says a nine-member rescue team and Douglas Soholt made it off the mountain at about 1 a.m. Monday as bad weather closed in.... more »

• Rescuers struggle to save dolphins

  March 12, 2010 4:49 PM

  Crews worked Friday to save a group of dolphins stranded off the coast of Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Workers and volunteers waded through hip-deep mud on Thursday to carry eight Atlantic white-sided dolphins from Drummers Cove, but two did not survive. The six rescued dolphins were quickly brought to Provincetown... more »

• No one injured as firefighters battle 3 alarm blaze

  March 11, 2010 3:46 PM

  One resident unaware that a three-alarm fire was threatening their apartment complex was evacuated from the Berkshire Apartments in Colorado Springs Thursday afternoon. Firefighters also rescued a trapped dog and they're still looking for a missing cat. No one was injured. At least six units of the complex were... more »

• 7-year-old and dog rescue boy from frigid waters

  February 3, 2010 10:40 AM

  "I was just thinking -- am I gonna die or am I gonna survive?" Half submerged in freezing cold water, those were the thought running through 10 year-old Sage Lavin's mind after falling through the ice in a lagoon next to his Margate, New Jersey home. "It was... more »

• Dog rescued from iceberg in Baltic Sea

  January 29, 2010 12:22 PM

  Call him the luckiest dog alive. First he was rescued after traveling more than 75-miles of an ice floe in the Baltic Sea, now he has a new home. The whole tale started Monday when the German Sheppard mix was spotted floating on a chunk of ice by... more »

• Tourists rescued from Machu Picchu flooding

  January 27, 2010 5:48 PM

  A helicopter shuttled tourists between Peru's Machu Picchu Mayan Ruins and nearby towns. It's all part of an effort to evacuate 2,000 tourists stranded in the Andes. The tourists were trapped in a jungle town at the foot of Machu Picchu in eastern Peru. They became trapped after the... more »

• Dog airlifted from rain-swollen river

  January 22, 2010 4:37 PM

  A dog that was being swept-down the rain-swollen Los Angeles River was rescued by emergency workers Friday. They went all out to help man's best friend, using a helicopter to lower a swift-water rescuer into the water to snatch the dog. Both were hoisted to safety. more »

• Rescued husky gets first vet visit

  December 24, 2009 4:40 PM

  At first glance, veterinarian Dr. Kevin Conrad says two year Camille is most definitely underweight. She's weighs a fragile 24 pounds and Dr. Conrad says dogs her size typically range from 35 - 40 pounds or more. "Not only is she thin and emaciated, but she is also very,... more »

• Girl, 4, reunited with dog rescued from well

  October 20, 2009 1:03 PM

  In the quiet little town of Olar, S.C. (population: 250), it's the feel-good story of the year: Olivia Hartzog, age 4, was reunited with her beloved pet Mollie after the poor pooch was trapped overnight 33 feet down an abandoned well on the family property. Olivia hugged her pet... more »