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one that saves from danger or destruction
rescuers went out immediately in search of the lost child
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Recent Examples of rescuers
But, as rescuers described, one of the borders left their splitboard buddy behind as daylight faded.
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Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 2 Jan. 2025
In response, The Sato Project returned the generosity shown to its community by opening the rescue flight up to other rescuers and shelters in Puerto Rico that needed dogs and cats transported — completely free of charge.
—Gil MacIas, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Two crew members, who were sitting in the tail end of the Boeing 737-800, were pulled out alive by rescuers but injured.
—Reuters, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2025
Other boaters and rescuers rushed to the scene, just a few miles from the Ocean Reef Club in North Key Largo, and plucked the victims, two adults and the rest teenage girls, from the water.
—David Ovalle, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Tumultuous rainfall caused a rising river to strand half a dozen rescuers, Cal Fire and the Urban Search and Rescue Team overnight.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2025
While rescuers quickly recovered the two black boxes, the flight data recorder was damaged, and investigators were unable to retrieve its data domestically, the ministry said.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2025
The rescuers delivered the hiker to a waiting ambulance and transported them to the hospital.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2025
In a letter last week to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Debra asked that Israel pause military strikes in that area so that rescuers could search for Austin.
—Tony Hunter, Sun Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 2 Jan. 2025
In response, The Sato Project returned the generosity shown to its community by opening the rescue flight up to other rescuers and shelters in Puerto Rico that needed dogs and cats transported — completely free of charge.
—Gil MacIas, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Two crew members, who were sitting in the tail end of the Boeing 737-800, were pulled out alive by rescuers but injured.
—Reuters, NBC News, 2 Jan. 2025
Other boaters and rescuers rushed to the scene, just a few miles from the Ocean Reef Club in North Key Largo, and plucked the victims, two adults and the rest teenage girls, from the water.
—David Ovalle, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Tumultuous rainfall caused a rising river to strand half a dozen rescuers, Cal Fire and the Urban Search and Rescue Team overnight.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2025
While rescuers quickly recovered the two black boxes, the flight data recorder was damaged, and investigators were unable to retrieve its data domestically, the ministry said.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 1 Jan. 2025
The rescuers delivered the hiker to a waiting ambulance and transported them to the hospital.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2025
In a letter last week to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Debra asked that Israel pause military strikes in that area so that rescuers could search for Austin.
—Tony Hunter, Sun Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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