Trapped family rescued from Joliet fire: Video
Joliet police released body cam video that shows a dramatic rescue at a burning apartment building in the southwest suburbs Tuesday.
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Joliet police released body cam video that shows a dramatic rescue at a burning apartment building in the southwest suburbs Tuesday.
The good Samaritans, a father and son, took their jet skis out on Lake Michigan for the first time this spring, when an inflatable far offshore along Porter Beach caught their eye.
The man who died after being pulled from Lake Michigan at the 31st Street Harbor Monday has been identified.
Rescue crews pulled the men to safety in a safe area of the river so they could be helped to shore.
Landscaper Tino Mora jumped into action and rescued a woman from a Naperville pond Wednesday, when her car veered off the road and into the water.
The roof of the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo collapsed on a crowd, killing at least 184 people and leaving many others injured or trapped under rubble.
The victims were removed using a rope system and were taken by helicopter to a hospital.
The earthquake death toll in Myanmar is rising fast as rescue and recovery efforts are hampered by badly damaged infrastructure.
Green Line trains only operated from Harlem/Lake to 35th-Bronzeville-IIT after the derailment.
Chicago police said the man, 27, was exiting a boat when he slipped and fell into the water.
The 66-year-old was sailing on the Holland America line Friday when she showed symptoms of a stroke.
A man was trapped for about half an hour under a tractor after a bridge collapsed in northwest suburban Woodstock on Sunday afternoon.
An Audi had rear-ended a Buick, and the Buick rolled over and caught fire.
A woman in Thailand is recovering after she was strangled by a python for over two hours. The 64-year-old was doing dishes at her home when she felt a sharp pain in her leg and saw a 13-foot python around her.
Officers ripped out a window air conditioning unit and pulled the children to safety just moments before flames filled their bedroom.
Savannah Strother was watching her neighbor’s two children when she heard explosions and saw flames right outside the front door.
The worker was airlifted to University of Chicago Medical Center to be treated for serious injuries.
The wheelchaired broad-breasted bird died suddenly after surgery to amputate his infected leg.
A Florida deputy was being hailed as a hero after he rescued an autistic 5-year-old boy from drowning in a pond.
The quick-thinking officers pushed a dumpster to the balcony and climbed up to get the woman down.
The humane society rescued about 250 animals. Some were pregnant and others had health issues.
Deputies on the Sheriff's Marine Unit Lake Michigan Watercraft were patrolling when they saw two 16-year-olds, a girl from Lake Bluff and a boy from Wauconda, floating outward toward the center of Lake Michigan.
A family of martial arts instructors came to the rescue of a woman during an alleged attempted sexual assault of woman.
It took nearly two hours for crews to get the man safely down to the ground, using a tower ladder truck.
Police in New Jersey rushed into a pet hotel to rescue dozens of dogs who were trapped inside as a fire broke out.
