RESCUES

Officials Hail Satellite Rescue System

At first Megan Minor thought the warnings her ship was sinking were just another drill, until she looked toward the engine room and saw water coming up the stairs.

Foreclosure Rescue Plans Pose Questions

Eylonda and Tyrone Wynn of Dallas thought their prayers had been answered when two young women from Resolutions Foreclosure & Home Mortgages knocked on the door in December 2005.

Quake Orphan Reflects Peru's Loss, and Anger

Source: The New York Times

Relatives of a baby who lost as many as 60 members of his extended family say rescue efforts were tragically slow.

Bid to Reopen Mine Divides Grieving Utah Town

Source: The New York Times

Officials said the mine where six workers were trapped could resume operating with a new name.

Despite Mine Law, Tracking Is Years Away

Source: The New York Times

After a dozen miners died in the Sago Mine in West Virginia last year, Congress passed a bill that required mining companies to track workers underground.

Bid to Reopen Mine Divides Grieving Town

Source: The New York Times

As a town faced the prospect of six lost miners being entombed permanently, officials of the Crandall Canyon mine said it could be back in business soon.

Blaze Brings Back Thoughts of 9/11

Source: The New York Times

People looked up, like they did that day in September, in awe and in horror.

Rescue Halted at Mine After 3 Deaths and 6 Injuries

Source: The New York Times

A seismic jolt last night caused an accident during an effort to reach the six trapped miners in Utah.

3 Killed and 6 Injured in Rescue Effort at Mine

Source: The New York Times

Three rescue workers are dead and six others were injured during an attempt to reach six men trapped at Crandall Canyon Mine, officials said.

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Should Climbers Have to Pay Their Own Rescue Costs?

Source: MSNBC

Interesting article about whether or not outdoor enthusiasts are financially responsible for their own rescue costs when something bad happens. I say yes... and there should be insurance for such a thing.

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Silicon Valley's High-Tech Hunt for Colleague

Source: The New York Times

Silicon Valley's best and brightest organized a concerted, high-tech effort to find a missing Microsoft researcher.

Climber's Body Is Identified; Search Goes On for 2 Still Missing

Source: The New York Times

Authorities said that an arm injury had probably left the climber stranded near the summit of Mount Hood.

Search Is on for 2 American Mountaineers Missing in a Little-Traveled Part of China

Source: The New York Times

Search efforts are focusing on a remote region near Tibet where the two Americans apparently wanted to climb two isolated mountains.

Dog saves owner, dies trying to save cat

Source: Yahoo! News

After a disabled woman's cat started a house fire, her specially trained dog came to the rescue, then died trying to help the cat still in the house. Jamie Hanson said the 13-year-old dog named Jesse brought the phone so she could call 911 and also brought her artificial leg.

Toddler rescued through cat-flap

Source: BBC News

The child's mother left the house to get the car ready for a trip out and it is thought the toddler triggered a deadlock, locking itself inside.