Standing shirtless in waistdeep water deep below ground. This video released by Mexican authorities captures a minor's stunning rescue. >> It shows army divers thanking Francisco.His face blurred in this just released video. Rescuers following his flashlight down a flooded tunnel to find the 42-year-old alive. The massive effort coming two weeks after a nearby dam failed, flooding a mine in a rugged area of Sinaloa, Mexico.The surge of water trapping four miners and launching a complex search. Crews locatin ...

In Canada, video captured an urgent rescue out on the ice. Police say nearly two dozen people were on an ice shelf on Lake Hiron when it broke away from shore, leaving them stranded on the frozen water. The incident set off a mad dash to get them back to safety.Helicopters managed to reach them, airlifting them all back. ...

In heartpounding moments high above the East Texas terrain, a pair of hot air ballooners were left clinging for life. >> That basket is swinging and moving with them in it and those gusts of winds. >> Their canopy wrapped near the top of a thousand ft cell phone tower on Saturday with a trio of drones capturing depth and critical information.How many situations have you ever come across like this one. >> None. This is pretty unprecedented.But 14 members of the Long View Fire Department and rope rescue speci ...

This is the moment a harrowing nightmare for a mother and her young children remarkably came to an end. >> I just said, "All right, not today. Not today. Not today. I I have to keep on going." >> Austin Applebee, his mother, and two younger siblings were paddle boarding and kaying while on vacation in southwestern Australia Friday when police say rough conditions swept them out to sea. >> One of the hardest decisions I ever had to make was to say to Austin, try and get to shore and get some help.Austin race ...

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A daring rescue from a high-rise building in a northern Virginia suburb outside Washington DC. Two window washers were cleaning a building when one of the tethers holding their basket in place snapped, leaving them dangling 150 ft in the air. Rescue workers rushed to the scene. Firefighters repelling down the building to secure the workers.A backup harness prevented a serious fall for both people. Pictures from inside the building show the fire crews hooking the workers up to a secure line to pull them out ...

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The tricky rescue started on the edge of this seaside cliff. A drone spotting the stranded dog. You can see him there, trapped with nowhere to climb.A San Francisco police drone operator who happened to be in the area heard the distress call, put up the eye in the sky, and started searching, spotting the dog, and pinpointing the location for authorities. Firefighters repelling down the cliff to reach him, attaching a harness on him. the only way to rescue him off that ledge.The firefighter grabbing the dog ...

Please get help. Help. They're coming. They're coming.Police and firefighters scrambled to save a mom and her two kids from Westchester, Pennsylvania, who got swept out by a rip current. Beaches are no longer guarded at this time of the year. The ordeal captured on video from numerous angles.A police department drone providing vantage points from above and dropping a flotation device into the water below. Fire Department rescue swimmers brought the mom and kids safely back to shore. They also assisted two w ...