A rescue team navigated flooded farmland in a boat to save a 70-year-old woman and her dog from rising floodwaters and made another critical rescue _ a pot of stew from the woman's stove. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

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Doctor Park Kyum-Joon, researcher at the Cetacean Research Institute, says, "We observed the scene for an hour, the dolphins trying to return their fellow dolphin to the proper posture, trying to support it from the bottom so it wouldn't sink and to make it easier for it to breathe." picked by psycmoe 1 year ago

A woman who helped rescue an injured cat on the roadside got a surprise when a veterinarian told her it was a wild and potentially dangerous bobcat. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A police car and rescue helicopter were called in to save a screaming man in a German forest, but it turned out that the man was in fact screaming with laughter. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

A fire brigade has been accused of wasting taxpayers' money after sending two engines and seven firemen to rescue a seagull. The brigade struggled for more than an hour to save the injured bird, which was trapped on a factory roof in Bridgwater, Somerset. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The rescue crews are waiting for a group out of Maryland that specializes in large animal rescue. No one at the scene has the proper equipment to get to the horse that's been stranded since Thursday afternoon. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

It was almost "Mission: Impossible" to rescue a missing hiker, yet somehow Terry Mercer, a pilot with the Utah Department of Public Safety, was able to land a 37-foot-long helicopter, not just once, but nearly a dozen times on a narrow pinnacle of a mountain. picked by suebe 3 months ago

A Massachusetts teenager who spent three nights alone on Mount Washington in April after he sprained an ankle and veered off marked trails has been fined more than $25,000 for the cost of his rescue. picked by DerAlt 4 months ago