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CNN’s Anderson Cooper speaks to Army Captain Steve Voglezon who rescued people from a fiery car crash, while wearing a Captain America t-shirt. Police and firefighters responded Sunday to a highway in Chatham County, North Carolina where a head-on crash after one of the drivers crossed the center line and hit a car with two […]

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Firefighters in Los Angeles, California, saved two toddlers and their mother Monday after they were trapped on the top floor of an apartment building on fire. Los Angeles firefighters responded about 10:30 p.m. Monday to an apartment fire to find fire just erupting from a patio sliding door to a second floor balcony. Firefighters used […]

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Modesto fire department campus way rescue (video from modesto fire department). Modesto firefighters responded at 5:36 a.m. on Saturday February 14, 2014 to a fire at an apartment complex at 311 Campus Way. The fire was on the second floor of the apartment complex where Delores Dobbins and her daughter, Tammy Dobbins, age 39, retreated […]

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Rescue personnel using a Black Hawk helicopter rescued a 23-year-old climber that tumbled approximately 50 feet while climbing Shortoff Mountain in North Carolina. CBS News’ Mark Strassmann reports. The N.C. Helicopter and Aquatic Rescue Team responded about 1:00 p.m. Monday to a report that a climber at Linville Gorge fell off Shortoff Mountain while rappelling. […]

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A firefighter in Brazil has rescued a drowning family of five, on his jet ski. The rescue of five people from White Beach in Bertioga, São Paulo, Brazil View Larger Map View Larger Map View Larger Map

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Video of Daytona Beach minivan rescue direct from Simon Besner/Independent Photographer. Passersby and lifeguards on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, arrived to rescue a woman and her three children, who were drifting away from a beach at Daytona Beach into the Atlantic Ocean. Rescuers pulled the incoherent mother/driver and her children out of the minivan as […]

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A narrow 15-foot trench collapsed in a residential area of Cedar Hills in Southwest Portland Monday morning, trapping a utility worker for nearly four hours. Portland area firefighter and technical rescue teams responded about 11:00 a.m. Monday to 12715 SW Bowmont Street in Cedar Hills to a trench collapse. After 3 1/2 hours, Danny Russu, […]

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DASHCAM VIDEO: Police officer rescues woman from burning car in El Segundo, California. El Segundo Police Officer Armando Rodriguez responded shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday, September 29, 2013 to a single-car crash near Aviation Boulevard and El Segundo Boulevard. The female driver crashed her car head-on into a pole and suffered major trauma at the […]

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Country star Tim McGraw tells CNN why he teamed up with Duracell to highlight the heroism of first responders, like former Fire Captain Scott Lewis from Fairborn, Ohio, who rescued an infant from a house fire. In 2002, firefighters from the Fairborn, OH Fire Department raced into a burning home to rescue an infant girl, […]

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Russ Cole jumps into the Washington river to rescue a man who went overboard and became unconscious. River guide Russ Cole was watching as a group of four rafters took the plunge over 14-foot Husum Falls in Washington’s White Salmon River. While plunging over the Husum falls, one man hit his head and flew from […]

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