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 1 year ago

An elderly woman misunderstood instructions while checking in at Sweden's main airport and was whisked down a baggage chute after she placed herself instead of her luggage on the belt. picked by AutumnLotus 1 week ago

Newspaper carrier Bruce Pitts knew the elderly couple only by the prayers the wife made for him while he was working at night and in bad weather, but he felt something was wrong when the papers piled up outside their home. picked by dollyllama 4 months ago

Boise Police are searching for a man they say raped and beat an elderly woman in her home early Saturday morning. picked by muppet 6 months ago

"I am very elderly and I didn't fancy flying. I am not very keen on airports any more as I don't like being taken around in a wheelchair. I thought it would be very nice just to get in the car at Sudbury outside my own front door and then not have to worry." picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

An 81-year-old German woman driving to a cemetery in her electric wheelchair decided to take a shortcut and drove the wrong way down a motorway. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

Why does your dog go ballistic every time the mailman (or woman) comes? picked by mahler87 8 months 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 5 months ago

Goin and his crew of two other Kentucky National Guardsmen could keep flying through a brutal snowstorm to rescue a 13-year-old girl who had been in an accident or play it safe.

"They wanted to see that little girl rescued if at all possible," Goin said. picked by henkspaan 9 months ago

Teens lured pregnant woman with promise of baby clothes with plan to cut baby from her womb. Scary stuff. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

..."When I got to the bottom, looking up, I realized what kind of position [the dog] was in and I was scared to death," said Tollefson.

The Tacoma Fire Technical Rescue team arrived and firefighter Dan Elgin rapelled down to rescue Chug. He put him in a harness and brought him down the steep cliff. picked by bevissimo 8 months ago

It's Lassie all over again: dogs get help for hurt woman. picked by henkspaan 2 years ago

An elderly woman left a trail of havoc behind her after driving for 15 miles the wrong way down the fast lane of a motorway. picked by topofall 5 months ago

"It was something that hit me. It was instinct that I needed to get them out and save them so they wouldn't die," she said. "When it first started, just the couch was on fire, but when I drug him out, by the time I got back in, the whole living room was black smoke and I couldn't see nothing." picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

You have access to all the Credit cards you want....enough to buy you some good cocaine! picked by icepigs 2 years ago

Extremely angry that the road was closed for the parade, she narrowly missed several families, children and an ice cream salesperson walking on the closed roadway... picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

It's not been a good week for home invaders. Two days ago one got his a*s kicked by a blind guy. Now we have an elderly woman in a wheelchair that held an intruder at bay with a screwdriver, for an hour and a half! He finally passed out from loss of blood.

Note: Themepic isn't him picked by tigertony 4 months ago

She was stuck for five days and still survived. Good deal. picked by moe 5 months ago

Junk mail rarely brings you something you want, but for one homeowner it has led to a lawsuit landing on his doormat. Paul O'Brien is being sued by a woman who says she trapped her hand in his letterbox while posting mail. Joy Goodman, a cake decorator in her late 40s, is seeking damages for personal injury and loss of earnings. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago