All news on the topic: Rescue

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Incredible Pakistan drone footage shows people trapped hanging in cable car
The cable car had been carrying six children and two adults, thought to be teachers, to their school in the remote mountainous region of Battagram, 120 miles north of Islamabad, when two of the cables snapped
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Pakistan cable car rescue success as kids and adults saved in zipline recovery
A huge emergency response, which included Pakistan's Armed Forces, rushed to a mountainous Pashto village this morning after six kids and two adults were left dangling in a cable car 900ft above ground
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Incredible moment 4 surfers found drifting in ocean after 36 hours at sea
Elliot Foote's dad Peter says he has received a message from his son to confirm he is safe and well and "alive" after he was among four Australians who went missing along with three Indonesians when their boat capsized off Indonesia's Aceh Province
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Royal Marine who rescued dogs from Kabul as Taliban seized power now in Ukraine
Pen Farthing, 54, and his "Operation Ark" managed to rescue 200 cats and dogs from the chaos of Kabul as the Taliban took control in August 2021 after the US and NATO forces withdrew
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Three fisherman pulled from perilous ocean in harrowing rescue
The coast Guard rescued three fishermen clinging to a buoy in the ocean off Cape Cod after they were alerted by an emergency radio beacon
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Dramatic moment girl is swept out to sea as horrified witnesses rush to save her
A girl was seen being swept out to sea at Ilfracombe Harbour in Devon after playing on the sea front before onlookers battle the waves at high tide to reach her
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Panicked backpacker trapped in cable car 10,000ft in the air feared he would die
Haris Minhaj, 29, spoke of his trauma after his worst nightmare came true when his cable car at Mount Fansipan in Sapa, Vietnam got stuck but kept spirits high by documenting his ordeal on TikTok
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Mum stuck in baby swing for over an hour forced to be cut free by firefighters
Leala Vanbest just wanted to have as much fun as her daughter when she jumped into a baby swing in Essex. But she didn't think that one hour later she'd be cut out by four laughing firefighters
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Student, 21, plummets 300ft to his death as girlfriend watches on mountain top
A college student that was described by friends and family as a 'nature lover' plummeted 300ft from the summit he was climbing in Oregon's Cascade Mountains
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Hunt for 'Beast of Berlin' lioness ENDS as police believe animal is a boar
The "Beast of Berlin" is still on the loose and police have warned residents in the German capital to remain inside while hunters, vets, and cops carry out "Operation Lion Hunt" to track down the vicious lioness after zoos, circuses and sanctuaries failed to claim the big cat
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Nail-biting moment elderly man is rescued from the sea after his boat capsizes
Crew members on a ferry to the Isle of Wight spotted the elderly man in trouble in the Solent after his boat overturned in the sea, and sent out a rescue boat likely saving his life
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Sailor who was lost at sea with dog for months forced to rehome beloved pet
Australian sailor Tim Shaddock, 54, survived gruelling ordeal of three months at sea with only raw fish to sustain him and his faithful hound Bella for company - but he's had to leave her behind in Mexico to be reunited with his family in Sydney
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Man who survived two months lost at sea with his dog had 'many, many bad days'
Australian sailor Tim Shaddock and his dog Bella survived against all odds adrift in the Pacific Ocean living off just rainwater and sushi before being rescued by a tuna trawler
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Before and after pics show how three months stranded at sea changed man
Tim Shaddock survived on rainwater and raw fish after bad weather left him drifting on his vessel in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with no means to contact anyone
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Man and his dog rescued in real life 'Cast Away' after 3 months lost at sea
Australian Tim Shaddock and dog Bella have been likened to Tom Hank's in Cast Away at being found alive and well after being left stranded when stormy weather struck his catamaran
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Four children who survived 40 days stranded in the jungle are out of hospital
Four young children have been released from hospital, after spending 40 days surviving in the Colombian jungle against the threat of snakes, jaguars and drug gangs. Colombian President Gustavo Petro hailed the rescue effort as the beginning of a "new Colombia".
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Clueless French cops resort to checking phone data to see when boy vanished
Emile, who usually lives with his parents near Marseille, was last seen by two people as he left his grandparents' home. He was on holiday with the elderly couple
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Two men swept into drain as one is carried a mile through sewers before rescue
Two men were swept into a sewer in downtown Omaha, Nebraska, after heavy rains battered the area on Friday morning. One traveled a mile downstream and was found clinging to a grate
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Dad falls 200ft to his death from cliff in front of wife and five kids on hike
The dad-of-five died after falling down the cliff on a popular trail near Multnomah Falls, which is Oregon's tallest waterfall. Police say alcohol could have been a contributing factor in the fall
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Pensioner trapped in home after Yodel delivery driver 'wedges parcel under door'
Charlie Clarke heard her elderly neighbour Dee shouting for help and went to help, only to find a delivery driver had wedged a parcel so the door handle couldn't be used from the inside
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Doctor shares what missing Titanic sub crew will face as they run out of oxygen
A fleet of rescue vessels laden with cutting edge sonar equipment are scouring a patch of water close to the Titanic wreck around 400 miles south of Newfoundland, Canada
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Odds of finding Titanic submarine missing on trip to wreck 'vanishingly small'
Five people onboard tourist vessel - named Titan - have gone missing whilst heading on an expedition to the Titanic wreck site off the coast of Canada on Sunday morning when communications were lost
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Tourist, 33, plunges 4,000 feet to his death at Grand Canyon
A man tragically fell to his death at the Grand Canyon National Park - authorities said the man plunged 4,000 feet into the Canyon from the famous Skylight walkway
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Pal relives horror of trying to save girl, 15, who died in river tragedy
Heartfelt tributes have been shared on social media after Abbie Walton, 15, drowned in the River Etherow just hours after spending the afternoon enjoying a village barbecue in Broadbottn, Greater Manchester on Wednesday
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Mum fled with kids on plane after learning dad was cheating before Amazon crash
Magdalena Mucutuy Valencia managed to survive for four days after the plane she was on with her children crashed into the Colombian jungle, , and ended up telling them to save themselves for a better chance of being discovered