QZAR said, “I feel like my rope right now. I’m frozen.” Nearly halfway down, XSM used a tool called an ascender to hoist ... Lang had time to rescue only one piece of art work: a cuckoo ...

David Fisher and his son Felix were given a "Lifesaving Citizen Award" by Mayor Scott Willis, of Westfield, Indiana, after ...

It was a sunny December day in Westfield, Indiana, and the icy pond across the street from David Fisher’s home was starting ...

The department announced eight firefighters completed a 10-class rope technician certification. This training teaches students how to rig a rope-rescue system properly, and safely move an injured ...

A 16-year-old boy was rescued from a 50-foot-deep mineshaft in Placer County, California, on0. The teen and his friends had rappelled into the mine using household ropes, but one broke, causing him to ...

In order to extricate the patient from the steep terrain, crews had to utilize a rope system, the department said. That haul system was anchored to the department's heavy rescue squad, while a ...

Photo from Joachim Pressl, UnSplash Two local fishermen recently rescued a humpback whale that had become entangled in rope off the United Kingdom. The pair were creel fishing on Feb. 9 near the ...

That meant gearing up for a conventional rope rescue instead, an operation that ultimately involved 32 Search-and-Rescue volunteers. A large crew of team members lowered one of their colleagues ...