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2 horses stranded in mud in Conn. woods pulled to safety by 40 rescuers

Forty people fought through knee-deep mud in a Connecticut forest in a tireless five-hour rescue effort after two horses were stranded on their sides in a swamp, authorities said. He was pulled to safety by first responders. On Saturday, the horses wandered about three-quarters of a mile behind a farm in Lebanon and got stuck […]

Rescuers in Ukraine pull 5 puppies from the rubble of a building destroyed by fire

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian emergency workers pulled five puppies out from under the rubble of a destroyed building, a video released by the country’s emergency services showed on Friday. Situation in Ukraine is ‘dire’ as US and European ‘starvation diets’ cut off ammunition supplies Officials said the puppies were rescued from a fire in […]

Taiwan earthquake: rescuers search for survivors amid landslides and aftershocks | Taiwan

Rescue teams are working to rescue more than 100 people trapped in mining areas and national parks after Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in decades killed nine people and injured nearly 1,000. Search efforts around the worst-hit east coast city of Hualien have been hampered by more than 50 aftershocks recorded since Wednesday morning’s quake, Taiwan’s Central […]

California rescuers save father, son divers from frigid ocean waters

A father and his young son were pulled from frigid waters by rescue divers Sunday afternoon near Pacifica, authorities said. According to the North County Fire Department, multiple agencies converged north of Mori Point, California, after receiving a call about two relatives “in distress” around 12:32 p.m. Mercury News. The swimmers reportedly brought the two […]