Tag: rescue
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Police rescue injured man from tracks seconds before an oncoming train
A police officer risked his life to carry out the daring rescue of a man suffering a “mental health crisis” from train tracks, seconds before a train rushed past. Video released Wednesday by Seattle Police Department showed the dramatic moment a 57-year-old man was standing on a ledge above train tracks last week while surrounding…
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River raft guides form rescue crews after Hurricane Helene
Hampton, an experienced river guide and volunteer firefighter, said he’d never done rescues in floodwaters this dangerous before. The French Broad normally runs at about 2,000 cubic feet per second this time of year, he estimated. That’s already fast, but in the storm’s immediate aftermath, its discharge was literally off the chart maintained by the…