Rescue

Late Tuesday night, a crew with the Las Vegas Metro Police Department hoisted two people from their van, which had filled with water after torrential rain.

A woman was rescued from her vehicle after it was swallowed by a surprise sinkhole in El Paso Tuesday evening and it was all caught on camera.

Video shows how quick-thinking bystanders and first responders propped up a car that had been swallowed by a sinkhole so that the driver could escape.

The pups at Where the Love Is Animal Rescue in Hamden are here to tell you about a little-known holiday known as Dogust.

Rescue crews were able to free a man who became trapped in a cave at Ross’s Cliffs in Old Furnace State Park about 150 feet off the ground Wednesday.

Crews in South Killingly rescued a person that was trapped in a cave Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters said a hiker was trapped in a cave at Ross’s Cliffs in Old Furnace State Park about 150 feet off the ground. The incident happened near the Ross Pond boat launch. The fire department said it was an incredibly complex rescue. Crews said the…

A woman and a 7-year-old boy died after the private boat they chartered with a group of others capsized in the Hudson River off midtown Manhattan, sending all 12 people aboard into the water, police said. The victims became trapped beneath the boat after it flipped around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday near Pier 86, in front of the USS Intrepid, the…

A woman and several children were forced to jump from a second story window to first responders below when they became trapped by a fire early last Sunday morning.

Stamford firefighters pulled off two rescues in one day – and they’re not something you see every day. At about 8 p.m., crews were called to the Springdale Train Station after getting a report that a woman fell between the train and the platform. The Metro North conductor and engineer immediately de-energized and secured the train so that firefighters could…

When Alabama dad Brad Hassig lost consciousness in the family pool, his young sons and a neighbor saved his life.

Two West Haven lifeguards jumped into action Wednesday when they saw an 11-year-old child struggling in the water at the Oak Beach Pier.

United States swim coach Andrea Fuentes saved two-time Olympic artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez after she fainted in a pool

A Trumbull woman’s quick actions saved the life of a child after she went underwater in a community pool on Thursday. Police said a local woman pulled the girl from a community pool at the Ten Apartments on Oakview Drive at about 6 p.m. A bystander that was at the pool saw what was happened and immediately stepped in...

This isn’t a scene from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Rescue crews responded to calls for help Thursday at the Mars M&M plant in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, after two employees fell into a tank used to store chocolate.

Meriden’s Fire Department saved two hikers lost inside Giuffrida Park on Thursday and they were able to save the pair thanks to the Rapid SOS software and app. “The ironic part about this call was that earlier in the day, our communications director from the dispatch center hooked us up with an app called Rapid SOS,” said Meriden’s Deputy...

Some Naugatuck first responders were honored for saving a 10-year-old boy who collapsed a school last month.

Town officials recognized a 14-year-old after helping his family get out of their burning home.

Multiple troopers from Connecticut State Police are being credited with saving a man’s life after he suffered a medical emergency while driving on Interstate 91 in Windsor on Friday.

It’s an image that’s almost hard to believe. A red-tailed hawk in Oxford is perched on a branch with a nearly two-foot arrow piercing its tail.

Who shot a red-tailed hawk with nearly a dozen BBs, a pellet and an arrow? As that bird continues to recover, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is investigating who injured the federally-protected hawk. It’s an image that’s almost hard to believe. A red-tailed hawk in Oxford is perched on a branch with a nearly two-foot arrow...