Warning: sensitive content. Footage released Tuesday shows police officers successfully rescuing a woman who was in crisis on the Brooklyn Bridge. Officer Christian Yepes, who helped talk the woman off the bridge in what was just his third day with his unit, spoke with CBS News’ Anna Schecter about the operation. Source link
SAN FRANCISCO — A person was missing and 17 others were rescued Tuesday after a fire on a pontoon boat off the coast of San Francisco, authorities said. San Francisco Fire Lt. Mariano Elias said one of the 17 removed from the water was receiving CPR and one person was missing. Elias said the vessel, … Read more
Rescue crews had to airlift more than 200 people stuck at a children’s camp after 6 to 12 inches of rain fell Friday in the southeastern part of the state, cutting off all roads into the area. The Missouri National Guard mobilized eight Black Hawk helicopters to to fly 202 campers and counselors from Camp … Read more
Hundreds rescued amid historic flash flooding in Missouri – CBS News Watch CBS News A deluge of rain flooded roads and homes in Missouri, prompting a state of emergency. Hundreds of people were rescued. Source link
Cleanup and recovery efforts are underway after two deadly earthquakes devastated Venezuela, destroying homes and killing thousands. CBS News’ Camilo Montoya-Galvez spoke with animal rescue volunteers working to save pets and ignite hope. Source link
LAKE GENEVA, Wis. — Three people died and seven others were rescued Friday after a boat capsized in Geneva Lake as a strong storm passed through southern Wisconsin, an official said. Many injuries were reported in Wisconsin’s Walworth County after the storm toppled trees, knocked down power lines and damaged buildings, said Tom Hausner, undersheriff … Read more
Some of the 16 children discovered at a Ohio home in deplorable conditions were unable to speak and one — an 18-year-old who was developmentally disabled — could not even write her name. After being rescued Tuesday, seven were taken to hospitals, including one who was in critical condition, investigators said. Their current conditions weren’t … Read more
Catia La Mar, Venezuela — Hundreds of rescuers in Venezuela cheered and embraced Thursday after pulling a man alive from the ruins of a collapsed building eight days after deadly twin earthquakes, AFP journalists witnessed. With the official death toll nearing 2,300 and huge numbers of people still missing, the rescue of security guard Hernan Gil … Read more
HAMDEN, Ohio — Sixteen children from the same family who were rescued from a dilapidated home in rural Ohio were living in wretched conditions with human waste all around, confined to just one room over much of the past four years, authorities said Wednesday. Some of the children discovered Tuesday were unable to speak and … Read more
Dramatic video showed the moment a rescue team pulled a small dog from the rubble nearly a week after powerful twin earthquakes rocked Venezuela, killing hundreds of people and destroying thousands of buildings. Footage captured a search and rescue team from El Salvador pulling the dog from a crumbled building in Caraballeda, a city in … Read more