Rescue News

11:42 AM EST
1/31/2012 Italy calls off search for Costa Concordia deadMore than two weeks after cruise ship Costa Concordia’s tragedy, Italian team on Tuesday finally abandoned the search work, saying the underwater conditions declined.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Transport Accident, Maritime Accident, Human Interest, People, Human Mishap, Rescue

9:57 AM EST
1/26/2012 Three dead, 19 missing after buildings collapse in RioBrazilian rescue workers were digging through rubble and debris Thursday in search of survivors after three buildings collapsed in the historic center of Rio de Janeiro.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Disaster, Rescue, Human Interest, People, Human Mishap

12:16 PM EST
1/25/2012 Rescue effort for landslide survivors continuesRescue efforts are continuing in Papua New Guinea's (PNG) gas-rich Hela Province, a day after what officials have described as one of the Pacific nation's worst landslides ever.

Source:IRIN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Flood, Rescue

11:20 AM EST
1/18/2012 Italian rescue workers suspend search at stricken shipItalian rescue workers suspended operations Wednesday after the stricken cruise ship Costa Concordia shifted slightly on the rocks near the Tuscan coast, causing concerns about the safety of divers and firefighters searching for the 22 people who remain missing.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Rescue, Transport Accident, Maritime Accident, Human Interest, People, Human Mishap

12:54 PM EST
1/17/2012 Five more bodies found in Costa Concordia wreckSearch and rescue crews found five more bodies inside the wrecked cruise ship Costa Concordia on Tuesday, raising the death toll from the grounding to 11. Authorities counted 28 still missing from the ship as of Tuesday.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Transport Accident, Maritime Accident, Human Interest, People, Human Mishap, Rescue

7:20 AM EST
1/10/2012 Missing men found in West Virginia caveThree young men who went missing for almost two days after exploring a complex of caves in West Virginia were safely rescued on Monday.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Rescue, Lifestyle And Leisure, Adventure, Sports

7:25 AM EST
12/15/2011 One hundred illegal migrants die in boat capsize on Bangladesh, Myanmar coastA fishing boat carrying an estimated 130 passengers capsized in the Bay of Bengal Wednesday in seas near the Bangladesh border with Myanmar, officials said.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Transport Accident, Maritime Accident, Rescue, Human Interest, People, Human Mishap

9:14 AM EST
11/7/2011 1,400 tourists rescued from Everest base campAt least 1,400 foreign tourists mostly from the United States and European countries have been rescued from Lukla and Falpu of Solukhumbu district on Monday, the exit and entry point to Mt. Everest, officials said.

Source:AHN Topics:Weather, Report, Lifestyle And Leisure, Tourism, Disaster And Accident, Rescue

2:31 PM EDT
10/27/2011 Man pulled alive from Turkey quake rubble after four daysRescue workers pulled a man alive from rubble, four days after the Turkish quake.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Earthquake, Rescue, Human Interest, People, Human Mishap

6:25 AM EDT
10/4/2011 TSA purchases new document scanners capable of checking IDs, boarding passesThe U.S. Transportation Security Administration said on Monday that it will buy 30 new machines capable of checking documents such as identification cards, passports, driver’s licenses and boarding passes to improve further security for air travelers.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Defense, Security Measures, Economy, Business And Finance, Transport, Air Transport, Science And Technology, Identification Technology