Search and Rescue
When Eric Duckwall’s dog bolted during fireworks, it sparked a frantic search — and a new mission
Reflections from New Orleans medics who remember what it was like to work in one of the largest disaster medical response efforts in Louisiana history
Amid the grief and devastation of survivors, many are sharing the courageous efforts of first responders, fellow residents, family members and even camp counselors who put their lives on the line to save others
Nepalese rescuers, supported by a U.S. disaster response team, worked for hours to free the dazed and dusty teen
She was helping hoist an injured woman with non-life threatening injuries into the helicopter when she fell
Vicky Ryan, 46, died after the rescue boat she was in capsized
Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 2 to assist local emergency operations in and around the hardest hit areas of the country
Rescuers turnoff equipment periodically to listen for pleas for help, “but we didn’t hear anything — just death.”
The jet carrying 150 people from Barcelona to Dusseldorf slammed into a remote section of the French Alps.
Male climber had broken femur, female climber two broken ankles; both required helicopter evacuation
2 killed, 73 injured including 21 babies that were rushed to other hospitals
AMR reach and treat team and mountain rescue volunteers find and extricate 62-year-old man with head injury
Rescue workers found him after a four-day search; it appears he suffered a fatal head injury from a fall while hiking
Search in the Java sea is underway for plane that made last communication 42 minutes after takeoff
Search ends with discovery of autistic child in pond; drowning determined to be the cause of death
They’re using side-scan sonar and cold water divers for the recovery effort after the three went missing on a fishing trip
Police, ambulance crew assist family in searching for and locating boys trapped for hours in cold and snow
Rescuers pulled eight people out of the apartment building alive, and are searching through the rubble for more survivors
A stampede at a school during the quake injured 42 children
A police officer and the woman’s family used an iPad to pinpoint where her iPhone was located
“Rescuers had to cross a crumbling rock ledge that was only 10 inches in some places with packs on, in the dark, with only headlamps.”
Although the search ended in April after 42 bodies were found, workers had been screening debris for the body of 44-year-old Molly Kristine “Kris” Regelbrugge
Mike Herdman’s official cause of death was listed as blunt-force injuries caused by falling from a cliff
A 61-year-old search and rescue volunteer fell to his death while trying to rescue a 25-year-old hiker who had fallen 100 feet
Mike Herdman’s body was spotted by a helicopter search crew; officials say he may have tried to climb a cliff in the dark and fell
Rescue workers used gas cutters, iron rods and shovels to reach those trapped in the rubble
Chris and Kelly also talk about the 911 dispatcher who has come under fire for her brusque replies to a woman who called to report a rape
Parks can grant permits for drone flights for other purposes like research, search and rescue and firefighting
Officials said the rescue effort for Mike Herdman will be scaled back after nine days of searching
Firefighter Mike Herdman was last seen Friday while hiking with a friend when he went running after his dog and disappeared
Mike Herdman, 34, was hiking with a friend when he went running after his dog and disappeared
Rescuers heard people shouting for help and are searching for those missing
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