St. Paul police use drone to help rescue 5-year-old boy from pond
Police say a drone helped officers save a little boy's life Monday afternoon in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Police say a drone helped officers save a little boy's life Monday afternoon in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Poor weather and challenging terrain have hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal and Tibet.
The flash floods decimated villages, slamming into houses, roads, bridges and power plants.
The search has resumed for a second contractor worker swept into a storm sewer Monday in Downers Grove during severe weather, though it has now become a recovery mission.
Homes were left damaged in Glen Ellyn and a recovery mission for a missing contractor is being conducted by search crews in Downers Grove as a result of Monday's severe storms.
The fire department has now transitioned from a rescue to a recovery mission, village officials said.
Storm chaser Scott Lasker was in Streator, Illinois for a tornado outbreak when he found himself suddenly helping to rescue a trapped homeowner.
Video shows the moments a baby was tossed by its mother from a burning home and caught by a Kalamazoo officer.
A team effort saved the life of a dog who had fallen more than 20 feet into a narrow pit.
"Conditions were worse than a whiteout (if that's possible)," Mackinac Island's fire chief said about Sunday's rescue of a snowmobiler.
For the first time, we are hearing the chilling 911 call from an Arlington Heights couple who were trapped inside their home after an armed intruder broke in.
A sledgehammer-wielding neighbor rescued an elderly disable woman from a fire in Arlington Heights Wednesday morning, which family said started when her husband turned on his car in the garage.
The district said the victims were attempting to go ice fishing, and both were struggling to keep their heads above water.
Fire crews rescued a woman when a fire broke out in a second-floor apartment in Aurora, Illinois, on New Year's Day.
A driver was rescued after a rollover crash that left their vehicle upside down in a creek in Elgin Thursday morning.
An FBI agent was the subject of a dramatic rescue from a car dangling over a Milwaukee interstate, all captured on bodycam video.
Bodycam video captured a sheriff's deputy in Racine County, Wisconsin, saving the life of a little girl from a house fire that killed her mother and the family dog earlier this week.
Firefighters in northwest Indiana responded to a bizarre rescue call on the roof of a home in Chesterton. Not only did they save the day, they went way above the call of duty to clean up a mess.
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
Officers responded to a call for two swans blocking a lane of traffic during the Monday morning commute.
Two paddleboarders were rescued last week after they drifted off shore on Lake Superior near Ontonagon County, Michigan.
Firefighters rescued the girl from under a street in Guizhou, A southern province of China.
Members of the Chicago Fire Department dive team and a helicopter were involved in the search.
A 27-year-old woman was pulled out of the water near Navy Pier around 5:30 p.m., and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
First responders across Chicago and the suburbs were put to the test on Saturday, responding to at least a dozen water rescues and possible drownings along the lakefront, including responses at Navy Pier, 63rd Street Beach, and The Playpen.
