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The deputy state fire marshal said construction was to blame when a climbing obstacle collapsed under more than 20 people during a race
The paralyzed woman said she hit a button on her wheelchair, sending it into the water
The drones were used to “make sure there were no hazards” that the crew members didn’t see
The woman briefly lost consciousness; she had two children in a stroller and one in a carrier
Officer Oshikawa-Clay was playing in a recreational soccer match when an opposing team member suffered cardiac arrest
Fire chief Jason Moore was on his way home when he saw a man get hit by a car after crashing his motorcycle
Jennifer Jesty said treating a firefighter’s broken ankle in the heart of the wildfire was the “call of her career”
When Shiran Finder was alerted that someone collapsed nearby, she left the salon to help with tin foil and dye packets still in her hair
The team was finishing a 10-mile canoe trip when they came across the elderly couple in distress
Kimberly Haines, her dog Rainey and two rescue hikers were safely down the mountain Thursday afternoon after rescuers were able to make contact
Officials began receiving reports of a large number of people caught out in inclement weather
Ten years after the tragedy, a memorial was dedicated to the heroes who responded to the collapse that killed 14 people and injured 145
Minneapolis Fire Chief John Fruetel said the body was found in the rubble of a building that partially collapsed during the blast at the Minnehaha Academy
The driver was given naloxone and transported to a hospital; she will be arrested on charges of felony bail jumping
A student and two district employees were trapped as the bus rested on the edge of a steep hill supported mostly by the damaged guardrail
After the vessel capsized, the captain jumped into the 47-degree water to rescue two men from the waters of the Alaskan coast
The El Paso Fire Department water rescue team recovered the bodies of a teenage boy and girl and an adult woman
“I told him to have a happy day and not to fall into any more ponds,” Nic Berry told the still-shaken man when he dropped him off
Police were searching for the suspect when they found a blood-red trail leading into the woods
Jeremy English said he was driving when he saw a car pulled over with four overdose victims inside
Thanks to Tony Spadaro’s quick thinking, EMTs were able to administer a defibrillator shock and bring back his wife’s heartbeat
Crews hiked to the summit to help the girl and then carried her to the helicopter
Paramedic James LaCroix and probationary technician Steve Andary were honored for helping a woman deliver a baby that had an umbilical cord wrapped around the neck
The partnership aims to reinforce the use of a smartphone app to connect nearby CPR-trained citizens and off-duty responders with people in cardiac arrest
Officer Lawrence Guiler, who is a former EMT, was only a football field away when the heard the call about John Ogburn
Marcus Weekly, 13, was playing with a beach ball with his friends when his friend’s sister spotted a child in the water
Rescue crews punched through a wall and debris to save the woman who was trapped underneath debris in her apartment
Robert Kaminski swam to Nashawena Island and fell asleep from exhaustion; he later went to a home and borrowed a cellphone to call police
The driver was taken to a hospital; his condition wasn’t immediately known
Eventually, about 80 people were involved and got to within feet of the family