Tag: rescued
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Rescued diary in Hong Kong sheds light on Chinese involvement in D-Day
HONG KONG — A key piece of a little-told chapter of World War II history almost ended up in a landfill. In 2015, a photographer in the Chinese territory of Hong Kong was exploring an apartment building scheduled for demolition when he discovered a number of items from China’s pre-Communist republican era, including a diary…
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Woman rescued after getting trapped in crevice for 7 hours while retrieving phone
Her friends tried to free her to no avail and after she was hanging upside down for over an hour, her friends called Triple Zero, Australia’s emergency call number. NSW Ambulance responded with a team to remove heavy boulders to create a “safe access point,” the release said. “With care, a hardwood frame was built…
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Teen kayaker rescued after spending 12 hours treading water and clinging to his kayak
A 17-year-old kayaker spent nearly 12 hours treading water and clinging to his kayak Wednesday after becoming separated from his high school paddling group, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The U.S. Coast Guard Hawaii Pacific, working with the Honolulu Fire Department and other agencies, rescued the teen Thursday morning. He was separated from the group around…
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Russian man rescued after 67 days adrift in stormy Sea of Okhotsk
A Russian man has been rescued in the stormy Sea of Okhotsk after surviving for more than two months in a tiny inflatable boat that lost its engine, but his brother and nephew were dead, officials said on Tuesday. The prosecutor’s office in the far east of Russia said the man was rescued by a…
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Woman rescued after crash leaves Porsche dangling from Florida parking garage
A woman was rescued after a crash left a Porsche SUV dangling from the third floor of a parking garage in Coral Gables, Florida, on Monday, officials said. The incident happened on the third floor of a garage at 1567 San Remo Ave. after, officials said, it appeared the woman driving the SUV accidentally hit…