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U.S. / NEWS Mon Aug 20, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

CNN -- Families of the trapped six miners accused those in charge of rescue effort of having "given up" on the missing men. In a statement read by a spokesman, the families urged the Utah mine's owner and federal officials to drill a hole into the mine large eno.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Aug 18, 2007 @ 1:12pm neoform

MSNBC -- Stickler said any further rescue efforts would have to involve drilling a bore hole large enough to fit a rescue capsule, which would take more than two weeks. 'It's a brotherhood' Despite the long odds, mining experts predicted that colleagues of t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Aug 17, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

USA Today -- A cave-in killed three miners and injured six other men who were tunneling through a coal mine Thursday evening trying to reach six miners trapped for 11 days, mining officials said. "There was a major mountain bump," said Tammy Kikuchi, spokeswoman fo.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Aug 12, 2007 @ 12:28pm neoform

CNN -- Rescue workers trying to reach six men trapped in Utah's Crandall Canyon mine found survivable space Saturday after punching a second, wider hole into a cavity where the workers are believed to be trapped and lowering a camera, a federal official said. Bu.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Feb 19, 2007 @ 8:38am neoform

Houston Chronicle -- Rescuers located three climbers who fell from a ledge on snowy Mount Hood on Sunday, but rescue efforts were being hampered by blinding snow and wind, officials said. Rescuers were trying to rappel 150 feet to reach the climbers, but were caught in whi.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Feb 7, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- Rescue crews have been searching for victims of tornadoes that tore across five US states killing at least 55 people and injuring hundreds more. Dozens of twisters hit Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama and Mississippi at the end of the Super Tuesd.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Sep 24, 2007 @ 8:26am neoform

MSNBC -- Rescue teams headed into the mountains of North Carolina on Monday in search of eight Boy Scouts and their leaders who failed to return from a camping trip over the weekend. Several of the troop members had cell phones, but the cell phone service in th.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Sep 9, 2007 @ 7:57pm neoform

CNN -- Rescue crews searching for famed millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett stumbled upon another false lead Sunday when they discovered what they thought was a downed airplane -- but didn't find the missing aviator. "Once again, you had your hopes raised and d.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Aug 21, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

MSNBC -- Murray’s e-mail said the “efforts in the digging and recovering have left me such that I cannot be a good spokesman to the public media on behalf of our efforts to rescue the original six miners.” Bob Ferriter, a former federal mine safety engine.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Aug 17, 2007 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- Three rescuers have died and six have been injured during efforts to reach a group of coal miners trapped underground in the US state of Utah. It is thought that the rescue workers were caught in a cave-in as they tried to dig a tunnel to the spot wher.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Aug 7, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

USA Today -- Rescue crews were drilling into solid coal and hammering through concrete walls Monday to get to six miners in a Utah mine that collapsed and trapped the men 1,500 feet below ground. As the search efforts stretched into the night, workers were unable t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Aug 6, 2007 @ 4:38pm neoform

BBC News -- Rescue teams are working to free six miners trapped after a tunnel in a coal mine collapsed in the western US state of Utah, local authorities said. The incident is believed to have been triggered by a 4.0 magnitude quake, which struck a few miles away.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 27, 2007 @ 2:12pm neoform

USA Today -- Floods swamped central Texas early Wednesday, and the downpour and high winds were so treacherous that helicopters were forced to abruptly halt efforts to rescue people stranded on rooftops, officials said. Austin-area officials said there were reports.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue May 15, 2007 @ 4:50pm neoform

CNN -- Severe thunderstorms sent normally placid streams over their banks across the Denver area, sweeping away a 2-year-old boy in a stroller and a teenager who was trying to help with a rescue. Both were still missing Tuesday, police said. The toddler's mot.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon May 7, 2007 @ 3:21pm neoform

SF Gate -- Rescue teams searching the rubble that was once Greensburg found two more victims and a survivor, raising the death toll from a powerful tornado that largely obliterated the small community to at least 10, authorities said Monday. The massive tornado,.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Apr 4, 2007 @ 4:02pm neoform

FOX News -- It took nearly seven hours, the demolition of a bathroom and a sturdy extension ladder for rescue workers to remove a more than 700-pound woman from her home here, officials said. Rescue workers arrived at the woman's home about 5:45 p.m. Monday in res.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Mar 20, 2007 @ 10:05am neoform

ABC News -- Rescue teams have been searching the North Carolina wilderness around the clock, looking for signs of Michael Auberry, the 12-year-old Boy Scout who disappeared from his troop on Saturday. They're concerned about Michael's medical needs: He suffers fro.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Feb 20, 2007 @ 4:21pm mrmdc

CNN -- Thanks to a high-tech gadget and a warm dog, three climbers who were rescued from Mount Hood are expected to be fine. They were found at about the 7,400-foot level on Monday and hiked down the mountain with their rescuers. "I'm really glad they were.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 6, 2006 @ 9:34pm neoform

MSNBC -- For rescue workers searching desperately for James Kim, some of whom camped on the ground at night with his footprints so as not to lose the trail, the news that Kim was found dead Wednesday was a heavy blow... Read More