rescues
Amid Quake’s Devastation, Parallel Rescue Bid Targets Pets
ANTAKYA, Turkey—Six days after the earthquake that flattened parts of Turkey and Syria, two survivors emerged from the rubble. They were dogs, the focus of a parallel rescue effort underway. “One of the dogs clung to its owner’s corpse, and it was absolutely a miracle that it was rescued six days later,” said Csenay Tekinbas, […]
Spain Rescues 319 Migrants at Sea, 18 More Feared Drowned
MADRID—Emergency services on Spain’s Canary Islands say 319 people, including 59 women and 24 children, were rescued from seven different boats trying to reach the archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, while activists say at least 18 migrants have died. Spanish rescue vessels reached the boats in different locations late Tuesday and early Wednesday, a Maritime […]
Troopers: Helicopter Rescues 7 Iced in at Remote Alaska Camp
JUNEAU, Alaska—A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter late Thursday rescued seven people who had been iced in since last week at a cabin about 20 miles (32 kilometers) east of the Yukon River community of Emmonak in western Alaska, the Alaska State Troopers reported. The group was “adequately supplied with food, water, shelter, and necessary supplies” […]
Europe Floods: Death Toll Over 120 as Rescues Continue
BERLIN—More than 120 people have died in devastating floods across parts of western Germany and Belgium, officials said Friday, as search and rescue operations continued for hundreds more still unaccounted for or in danger. Authorities in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate said 60 people had died there, including 12 residents of an assisted living facility […]
Rescues by Chopper, Front Loader as Flood Hits Northwest US
PORTLAND, Ore.—Residents in the foothills of the towering Blue Mountains in rural northeast Oregon were plucked from their flooded homes by helicopter and others rode to safety in the bucket of a front-end loader as relentless rain and melting snow pushed multiple rivers over their banks. An earlier heavy snowfall in the mountains combined with […]
Giant Wolf ‘Yuki’ Goes Viral After Being Rescued From Kill Shelter
The story of a giant wolf named “Yuki”—rescued from a kill shelter and now at a Florida sanctuary—is generating buzz on social media. The massive animal—who is nearly 90 percent gray wolf—was dropped off at a kill shelter when his owner found him too much to handle, according to WFLA. Luckily, a nonprofit called the […]
California Couple and Dogs Rescued After Two-Week Mountain Ordeal
Members of the Special Enforcement Bureau tactical squad and sheriff’s deputies rescued two California campers and their dogs, trapped by snow for two weeks in the mountains near Los Angeles. SEB normally specializes in high-risk tactical operations involving hostage situations or aerial assault, but on Jan. 23, the unit used a helicopter to rescue the […]