Tag: rescued

2 rafters rescued from Basalt Whitewater Park, 1 with life-threatening injuries

DENVER (KDVR) — Two rafters were rescued from the Roaring Fork River near the Basalt Whitewater Park in Pitkin County on Saturday, according to the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office, including one man who had life-threatening injuries. According to the agency, the call was received by the Pitkin County Regional Emergency Dispatch Center at about 2:05 […]

Holy cow! Calf on highway rescued by Akron police, fire

Akron police and fire departments captured a cow that fell off a trailer onto the highway on Friday, according to a Facebook post from FOCUS Rescue & Rehabilitation. The cow was captured on Interstate 76 East near I-77 North, the police department said on Facebook. FOCUS, a Mogadore-based nonprofit, stated in its post that the […]

Israel says it rescued four hostages alive from Gaza

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday that it had rescued four Israeli hostages in a “complex special daytime operation” in Nuseirat, a refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. The hostages were named as Noa Argamani, 25, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27 and Shlomi Ziv, 40. The three men and one […]

Migrants rescued after boat gets into difficulty in the Channel

Around 80 migrants are understood to have been rescued after a boat got into difficulty while crossing the English Channel. Some of the group are thought to have been pulled from the water, with the coastguard and lifeboat crews called to help Border Force during the incident off the Kent coast on Thursday morning. No […]