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Technical Rescue High Angle Rescue for roller coaster stopped on track at Six Flags Joker’s Jinx ride. Police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 2:30 p.m. Saturday to a report that six four-passenger cars on the Joker’s Jinx ride had stalled about 75 feet at the top of the ride course. Nearly eight-stories high, 17 adults and […]

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Emergency workers rescued two victims of trench collapse at a construction site outside a home in Rye, New York. After pulling one worker to safety quickly, it took rescuers about half an hour to get the second one out. Rye (New York) firefighter/paramedics responded about 11:30 a.m. Thursday to Bradford Avenue near Post Road to […]

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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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Building Collapse Audio at University Village Apartments on February 22, 2014. Columbia firefighters responded about 4:45 a.m. to a partial building collapse at University Village Apartment. No residents were injured, but Lt. Bruce Britt fell with part of the walkway that was hanging down with large pieces of concrete and rebar. Witnesses said the fire […]

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VIDEO: Rescue of man that was trapped in a grain elevator in Morris, Illinois. Morris Fire Protection & Ambulance District firefighter/paramedics responded on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 to Elburn Coop Morris Terminal, 200 Calhoun Street, Morris, Illinois to a report of a man trapped by grain in a grain elevator. Firefighter responding received a report […]

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