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NY hiker rescued after surviving frigid night fall down Adirondack mountain peak
Forest rangers successfully rescued an upstate New York hiker who survived a frigid night on a rugged Adirondack mountain peak trapped above a cliff, after she slipped and fell hundreds of feet down from the summit. “I thought I might have froze to death. There were like 45-mile-an-hour winds (70 kph) up there,” veteran hiker Hope Lloyd said Wednesday about…
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3 rescued after being found clinging to capsized vessel off NJ coast: Coast Guard
The Coast Guard says it has rescued three people without injury who were found clinging to the hull of a capsized vessel off the New Jersey coast. Officials said the operator of the 18-foot (5.5 meter) disabled vessel used a VHF-FM radio to contact the Coast Guard’s Delaware Bay sector for help Saturday afternoon, saying the vessel was disabled and…
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Woman rescued from inside Michigan outhouse toilet after climbing in to retrieve Apple Watch
The woman told police she had dropped her Apple Watch in the toilet, and lowered herself inside to retrieve it but could not get out.
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Woman rescued after car crashes into Long Island river
Suffolk Police rushed into the Forge River after a woman’s car broke through the guard rail. Greg Cergol reports.
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Rescue begins for ailing American stuck 3,000 feet inside Turkish cave
An official from Turkey’s disaster management agency says that rescue teams have begun the arduous process of extricating an American researcher who became seriously ill while he was 3,000 feet below the entrance of a cave in Turkey.
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Rescue underway for NY scientist trapped in Turkey cave
NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.
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Rescue team races to save American trapped in Turkish cave
An international team of 170 rescue personnel is working to save American Mark Dickey who fell ill during a research expedition into a cave in Turkey.
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Sailors rescued after boat destroyed by multiple shark attacks
Three sailors were rescued off the coast of Australia after their 30-foot catamaran was severely damaged from multiple shark attacks.
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Coast Guard rescues 4 people and dog from sinking boat off Jersey Shore
A close call off the Jersey Shore over the weekend had a happy ending thanks to the quick work of a Coast Guard team. Four people and a dog were on board a 30-foot recreational boat Sunday in Barnegat Bay when the vessel started taking on water, officials said. The group’s boat capsized mere moments after a crew from...
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Rescuers save 8 people trapped in cable car in Pakistan
Members of Pakistan’s military were deployed Tuesday to rescue six children and two adults trapped on a broken cable car, which was left dangling hundreds of feet over a steep canyon.
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Man stranded for 3 days on uninhabited Bahamas island is rescued by Coast Guard
A man who was stranded for three days on Cay Sal, a small and uninhabited Bahamas island, was rescued on Friday.
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‘There's a God up there': Man stranded at sea for nearly two days rescued as boat was sinking
A Florida man is thankful to be alive after he was found clinging to a sinking boat after being stranded at sea for almost two days.
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Florida boater missing for 2 days rescued as boat was sinking
A Florida boater missing since Thursday was found alive Saturday morning, 12 miles off the coast of St. Augustine on a mostly submerged boat, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
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WATCH: Dog refuses to leave friend's side until both are rescued
Two dogs were rescued from an underground tunnel after one of the dogs barked for help for more than two hours, refusing to leave her companion’s side until they were safely out of the water.
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4 people rescued from overturned boat off Sandy Hook
A dramatic rescue happened Saturday night when four people had to be saved from their sinking boat. Adam Harding reports.
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Australian man and his dog rescued by Mexican tuna boat after drifting 3 months in the Pacific Ocean
An Australian sailor who had been adrift at sea with his dog for three months has been rescued by a Mexican tuna boat in international waters.
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Dramatic rescue of firefighters in Passaic River
News 4’s Checkey Beckford reports.
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Helicopter team rescues firefighters from Passaic River
An incredible rescue was made on New Jersey’s Passaic River after a helicopter team arrived Wednesday afternoon. News 4’s Checkey Beckford reports.
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Helicopter team pulls off dramatic rescue of stranded NJ firefighters in Passaic River
Two firefighters stranded in the rushing waters of a New Jersey river were lifted roughly 100 feet to safety Wednesday afternoon during a dramatic rescue caught on camera. Those first responders need saving themselves after plunging over the falls as Dundee Dam in Clifton, and into the Passaic River below. After an ordeal that lasted several hours, the firefighters were…
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Clifton Fire Boat Rescued in Passaic River
NBC New York’s Checkey Beckford reports.