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  • 10
    May
    2013
    8:13am, EDT

    Miracle rescue as woman is pulled alive from Bangladesh rubble after 16 days

    EPA

    Rescuers pull out a female survivor, Reshma, alive 16 days after the Rana Plaza building collapsed, in Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh, on May 10, 2013. The death toll from last month's collapse of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh rose past 1,000 as piles of bodies were found in the ruins of a stairwell where victims had sought shelter.

    By Ian Johnston and Sohel Uddin, NBC News

    A survivor was pulled alive from the ruins of an eight-story factory in Bangladesh on Friday, 16 days after it collapsed, killing more than 1,000 people.

    The woman was found trapped in the remains of the building and given water and food as rescuers tried to reach her. Rescuers stopped using heavy machinery on the site during the delicate operation, according to Bangladesh’s Daily Star newspaper.

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    Workers rescue a woman from the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, in Savar, on May 10, 2013.

    A woman has been rescued from the deadly building collapse in Bangladesh after more than 16 days. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

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    When nothing works in Islamic hell hole, whatever is done can become a miracle. Even the building collapse is an indicator of lowest levels of morality in Bangladesh. Here poor and helpless like females, minorities get hurt most!

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  • 24
    Apr
    2013
    9:07am, EDT

    Desperate attempts to rescue garment workers after building collapses in Bangladesh

    Munir Uz Zaman / AFP - Getty Images

    Bangladeshi garment workers help evacuate a survivor using rolls of fabric as a slide to evacuate people from the rubble after the building collapsed in Savar, Bangladesh on April 24.

    A.M. Ahad / AP

    People and rescuers gather after an eight-story building housing several garment factories collapsed in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 24

    A.M. Ahad / AP

    A man who was trapped in an collapsed eight-story building housing several garment factories is reccued in Savar, Bangladesh, April 24.

    Abir Abdullah / EPA

    Civilians rescue an injured garment worker during a rescue operation after the eight-story Rana Plaza building collapsed at Savar, Bangladesh, April 24.

    Andrew Biraj / Reuters

    People mourn for their relatives, who were working in the Rana Plaza building when it collapsed, in Savar, Bangladesh, April 24.

    By John Chalmers, Reuters

    DHAKA, Bangladesh -- An eight-story block housing factories and a shopping center collapsed on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital on Wednesday, killing almost 100 people and injuring hundreds, officials said.

    Firefighters and army personnel worked frantically through the morning at the Rana Plaza building in Savar, 19 miles outside Dhaka, to rescue people trapped inside.

    One firefighter told Reuters that about 2,000 people were in the building when the upper floors jolted down on top of each other. Continue reading.

    Around 100 people have been killed in the collapse of an eight-story block housing factories. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

     

    3 comments

    Those poor people. The American sweat shops of years past. Heads are going to roll for this, as officials said they were warned not to occupy the building because of cracks. Life to some in that nation is evidently very cheap.

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  • 8
    Apr
    2013
    1:51pm, EDT

    Driver rescued from dangling tractor-trailer over Virginia river

    Virginia State Police via AP

    A trailer truck driver is rescued from the cab of her truck while it dangles from the Monitor-Merrimac Bridge Tunnel, by Newport News Master Fire Fighter Scott Dye on April, 8, in Newport News, Va.

    Virginia State Police via AP

    The driver of a tractor-trailer is stuck inside the cab of her truck that is dangling from the Monitor-Merrimac Bridge Tunnel on Interstate I-664 on April 8, in Newport News, Va.

    By Jon Sweeney, NBC News

    Newport News and Suffolk firefighters rescued a driver from her tractor-trailer while it dangled from the Monitor-Merrimac Bridge on Interstate 664 in Newport News, Va.

    The vehicle lost control and struck the bridge wall Monday morning, Virginia State Police said. The truck then caught fire and the cab was left hanging over the bridge that connects Suffolk and Newport News.

    State police say the driver, Almira Ribicm, suffered minor injuries and according to the dailypress.com, she has been charged with reckless driving.

     Watch video of the rescue

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    WHY, Reckless Driving? Like the investigation is now complete, and there were NO mechanical problems, and the Four wheelers had no connection? (four wheelers being the Idiot auto owners) The State Police sure are assuming a bunch of unknowns at this time.

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  • Updated
    5
    Apr
    2013
    8:01am, EDT

    Dozens killed after building collapses near Mumbai

    Dozens of people are dead after a building collapsed in Mumbai, India, with many more missing in the rubble. The building was under construction when it collapsed. Families had moved into the unfinished structure.

    Rafiq Maqbool / AP

    Rescue workers look for trapped people after a residential building collapsed in Thane, Mumbai, India, Thursday, April 4, 2013.

    By Reuters

    At least 39 people were killed and dozens injured after an illegal, half-constructed building collapsed in seconds "like a pack of cards" on the outskirts of India's financial centre Mumbai, officials and witnesses said.

    Rescue workers using cranes and bulldozers searched for survivors in the wreck of steel and concrete on Friday after the seven-storey building crumbled on Thursday night. Residents said laborers paying rent of around $5 a day had lived in it.

    "The building collapsed like a pack of cards within three to four seconds," said Ramlal, a local resident. "It just tilted a bit and collapsed," he said. Read the full story.

    Danish Siddiqui / Reuters

    Rescue workers carry a woman who survived from the collapsed building.

    Vivek Prakash / Reuters

    Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of the collapsed building.

    Danish Siddiqui / Reuters

    Rescue workers carry a child who survived the collapse of a residential building in Thane.

    Divyakant Solanki / EPA

    Rescue work continued at the site of the building collapse on April 5, 2013.

    AP

    Rescue workers carry a young child who survived the building collapse on Friday, April 5, 2013.

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    This story was originally published on Thu Apr 4, 2013 5:39 PM EDT

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    5 comments

    hope they find survivors and punish all those involved in building this ghetto..

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  • 1
    Apr
    2013
    1:45pm, EDT

    White water rescue attempt takes firefighter for wet ride

    Joe Imel / Daily News via AP

    A Bowling Green, Ky., firefighter careens through the rapids of the Barren River on April 1, after trying to assist in the rescue of two teenage fishermen.

    Joe Imel / Daily News via AP

    A Bowling Green, Ky., firefighter is rescued by a fellow firefighter after he careened through the rapids of the Barren River, on April 1 during a river rescue.

    Joe Imel / Daily News via AP

    Zack Sowders and Gage Lee, both 16, of Bowling Green, Ky., wait to be rescued on April 1, after their boat overturned in the rapids of the Barren River while they were fishing.

    A Bowling Green Fire Department firefighter became trapped in Kentucky’s Barren River as he attempted to assist in the rescue of two teenage fishermen that were stranded in the rapids after their boat overturned.  

    The Bowling Green Daily News reported:

    The strong current caused the rescue worker to be pulled across the rocky terrain, BGFD spokeswoman Marlee Boenig said. The man, whose name was not released, suffered an ankle injury during the incident.

    “He was stuck and when he broke loose, I guess the current pulled him,” Boenig said. Continue reading.

    Rescue workers were on the scene for about 90 minutes and managed to pull the teens to safety without further incident.

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  • 20
    Mar
    2013
    9:00am, EDT

    NYC subway construction worker rescued from 'muck'

    Craig Ruttle / AP

    A worker, left wearing a black fire helmet, is rescued from an MTA subway construction project in New York early on March 20, after being trapped up to his chest in debris for several hours. Fire officials say he is awake and conscious and is being evaluated at a local hospital.

    Craig Ruttle / AP

    Officers from the New York City police Emergency Services Unit, covered in mud and dirt, walk to a waiting bus to warm up after rescuing a construction worker trapped underground at an MTA subway construction project in New York early on March 20. The worker, trapped for several hours, was lifted from underground with the assistance of the New York police and fire departments.

    Craig Ruttle / AP

    A construction transport bucket, right, is moved into place at the scene where a worker was trapped underground at an MTA subway construction project in New York on March 19.

    By NBCNewYork.com,

    NEW YORK -- A construction worker was rescued from an underground trench at the site of the Second Avenue subway construction project after being stuck in mud for nearly four hours Tuesday night.

    The worker became trapped at about 8:30 p.m. ET -- in what firefighters at the scene described as "muck" -- from the waist down inside the trench about 75 feet below street level, FDNY officials said. Continue reading.

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  • 22
    Feb
    2013
    6:13am, EST

    Dramatic rescues as torrential rainstorm hits Greek capital

    John Kolesidis / Reuters

    A woman is rescued from floodwaters by a man standing on top of her car during heavy rain in the Chalandri suburb, north of Athens, Greece, on Feb. 22, 2013.

    John Kolesidis / Reuters

    The woman had become stuck as water engulfed her car.

    John Kolesidis / Reuters

    The woman is carried to safety after being rescued.

    Pantelis Saitas / EPA

    An employee of the Greek Parliament hangs precariously after falling through the glass roof of the Greek Parliament Hall while trying to prevent rain water leaking into the building, in Athens on Feb. 22, 2013.

    Simela Pantzartzi / EPA

    People stand on a bench at a bus station during a heavy storm in Athens on Feb. 22, 2013.

    By David R Arnott, NBC News

    A heavy rainstorm in the Athens region on Friday morning flooded streets in the Greek capital and interrupted transport on land and sea. In the suburb of Chalandri, a woman had to be rescued from her car as raging torrents of water engulfed the vehicle.

    A worker at the Greek parliament had to be rescued after she crashed through the glass roof of the building while trying to stop a leak. The woman found herself hanging through a broken panel in the roof and was slightly injured, according to local reports cited by Xinhua.

    -- The European Pressphoto Agency and Reuters contributed to this report

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    Heavy rains has caused widespread flooding in Italy and Greece. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

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    The Greeks just can't seem to get a break.

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  • 28
    Jan
    2013
    10:05am, EST

    Three killed, dozens rescued in Australia floods

    Brett Faulkner / AFP - Getty Images

    Floodwaters race across the Oxenford - Tamborine road on Australia's Gold Coast on Jan. 28, 2013 as severe floods swept through two states.

    Dan Peled / EPA

    Residents inspect their flooded home in Bundaberg, Queensland, on Jan. 28, 2013. At least 1,200 Bundaberg properties are already flooded, and there are fears the number could reach 2,000.

    Dramatic video from a helmet camera shows a baby and two women being airlifted out of a truck in Eastern Australia after flood waters washed the vehicle off the road. NBC's Lester Holt reports.

    Three people were reported to have been killed and dozens more were plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in northeastern Australia on Monday as severe floods swept through two states, inundating thousands of homes.  

    The heavy rain was caused by the remnants of a tropical cyclone that hit the country last week and also brought severe weather including tornadoes.

    -- Agence France-Presse, The Associated Press

     

    Emergency Management Queensland / Network Ten via AFP - Getty Images

    A man being winched to safety by helicopter in Biloela, Queenland, on Jan. 27, 2013.

    Paul Beutel / EPA

    Evan Roberts surveys the remains of a neighbour's gazebo blown onto his damaged home in Bargara, Queensland on Jan. 27, 2013. A large weather system courtesy of ex tropical cyclone Oswald is causing flooding down Queensland's coast and into northern New South Wales.

    Nicole Armitstead via EPA

    Children playing in sea foam at Burleigh Heads in Queensland on Jan. 28, 2013.

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    stay strong Australians..you have been through alot the past year....things have to get better for you....

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  • 4
    Dec
    2012
    6:40am, EST

    Migrants rescued from flimsy inflatable boat off Spanish coast

    Marcos Moreno / AFP - Getty Images

    Would-be immigrants row in an inflatable boat off the Spanish coast on December 3, 2012.

    Spanish emergency services and the Moroccan navy intercepted three inflatable boats carrying sub-Saharan migrants across the Strait of Gibraltar on Monday, Agence France-Presse reports.

    Thousands of Africans attempt to reach Europe from Morocco every year by crossing the narrow straits, often in leaky boats, with many dying.

    Marcos Moreno / AFP - Getty Images

    A would-be immigrant is helped to get on board a Spanish emergency services (Salvamento Maritimo) boat off the Spanish coast on December 3, 2012.

    Marcos Moreno / AFP - Getty Images

    Would-be immigrants use their own cell phones to call relatives and other immigrant boats after being rescued by Spanish emergency services in the Strait of Gibraltar on December 3, 2012.

    Marcos Moreno / AFP - Getty Images

    A would-be immigrant prays after boarding a boat of the Spanish emergency services in the Strait of Gibraltar on December 3, 2012.

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    40 comments

    Looks like Spain has their own illegal alien invader problem. Hopefully Spain won't shower the invaders with benefits like the US.

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  • 3
    Dec
    2012
    8:28pm, EST

    Joe Epstein / AP

    A multi-family building, with a supermarket on the ground floor, burns as firefighters from North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue and the Jersey City Fire Department fight the flames in Union City, N.J., Dec. 3, 2012. Smoke from the fire, located at the corner of Fifth street and Bergenline avenue, could be seen for miles.

    Large fire burns in Union City building

    NBC New York reports — Flames could be seen from News Chopper 4 shooting through the roof of the building on the residential block. Fire crews were on truck ladders and the roofs of neighboring buildings directing hoses at the flames.

    Neighbor Kevin Geigel said, "I looked out the window and saw the first couple of flames coming out of the middle apartment on the top floor, and it just spread from there." Full story…

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  • 30
    Oct
    2012
    3:10pm, EDT

    Rescuing residents in flooded New Jersey

    John Makely / NBC News

    Miatid Amini makes his way with his family onto John Mercadante's truck assisted by his son, Frank Mercadante, right.

    Adam Hunger / Reuters

    A resident passes his baby to an emergency worker as they are rescued from flood waters in Little Ferry, New Jersey, Oct. 30.

    Adam Hunger / Reuters

    An emergency personnel carries an elderly resident from flood waters brought on by Hurricane Sandy in Little Ferry, New Jersey, Oct. 30.

    Adam Hunger / Reuters

    Emergency personnel rescue a resident from flood waters in Little Ferry, New Jersey, Oct. 30.

    Craig Ruttle / AP

    Olivia Loesner, 16, hugs her uncle, Little Ferry Deputy Fire Chief John Ruff, after she was brought from her flooded home in a boat in Little Ferry, N.J., Oct. 30. At right, carrying pets, is her mother, Janice Loesner.

    Craig Ruttle / AP

    People are rescued from floodwaters on a large truck in Little Ferry, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30.

    Adam Hunger / Reuters

    Rescue workers carry a wheelchair-bound resident from flood waters in Little Ferry, New Jersey, Oct. 30.

    Good Samaritans and emergency personnel had their arms, trucks and boats full as they rescued people from four New Jersey towns that were quickly flooded with water following Hurricane Sandy. Full story

    Slideshow: Sandy slams into East Coast

    Andrew Burton / Getty Images

    Superstorm Sandy made landfall Monday evening on a destructive and deadly path across the Northeast.

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    what amazes me about this is the amount of evacuations and rescues they are doing post hurricane sandy. i live in florida and been threw all of them including the worst ANDREW. we have learned a lot over the years and there are no more rescues nor is there any emergency help as to water and ice.

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  • 28
    Aug
    2012
    6:31am, EDT

    Dramatic rescue as typhoon capsizes Chinese fishing boats off South Korea

    Kang Jae-Nam / Newsis via AP

    A Chinese fisherman wearing an orange life vest, fourth from left, is rescued by South Korean coast guard officers from a Chinese ship in Jeju, South Korea, on August 28, 2012. A powerful typhoon pounded South Korea with strong winds and heavy rain Tuesday, while the nation's coast guard battled rough seas in a race to rescue fishermen on two Chinese ships that slammed into rocks off the southern coast.

    South Korea Coast Guard via AP

    South Korean coast guardsmen attempt to rescue Chinese fishermen after it slammed into rocks off the coast of Jeju, south of Seoul.

    Kang Jae-Nam / Newsis via AP

    A Chinese fisherman is rescued by South Korean coast guard officers, unseen.

    Yonhap via AFP - Getty Images

    The South Korean coast guard rescue a crew member, center, of a stranded Chinese fishing boat.

    Kang Jae-Nam / Newsis via AP

    A Chinese fisherman, second right, wearing an orange life vest, is rescued.

    Reuters reports — A typhoon with winds of up to 106 mph buffeted South Korea's west coast on Tuesday, killing five people at sea and leaving 10 missing when two Chinese fishing vessels capsized.

    Typhoon Bolaven barreled up the coast before making landfall in already flood-ravaged North Korea as the impoverished country struggles to feed its 24 million people.

    Much at stake for US as tensions rise in troubled China Seas

    Coast guard rescuers pulled 18 surviving fishermen from the Chinese vessels that capsized off the southern island of Jeju and found five bodies, the emergency services said. Read the full story.

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    Generally most people do not hate the rest of the people in the world as apply demonstrated in these rescue photographs.

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