Rescuers

Rescuers pulling bodies from Cuba plane crash (Reuters)

November 5th, 2010

Reuters - Rescue workers began pulling bodies from the burning wreckage of an Aero Caribbean plane that crashed in central Cuba with 68 people on board on Thursday after issuing…

Rescuers fear worst for 11 trapped Chinese miners (AP)

October 17th, 2010

**CORRECTS CAPTION TO REMOVE REFERENCE TO NUMBER OF MINERS TRAPPED AND KILLED** Rescuers walk out of an entrance of Pingyu Mine after an explosion in Yuzhou, in central China's Henan province, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010. Rescuers battled dangerous levels of gas, tons of coal dust and the risk of falling rocks as they worked to free miners after the explosion at the mine in central China early Saturday.  (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Frantically working rescuers feared the 11 Chinese miners trapped by a deadly gas blast may have suffocated or been buried by coal dust, as loved ones kept a…

China mine blast rescuers try to reach 11 trapped (AP)

October 17th, 2010

**CORRECTS CAPTION TO REMOVE REFERENCE TO NUMBER OF MINERS TRAPPED AND KILLED** Rescuers walk out of an entrance of Pingyu Mine after an explosion in Yuzhou, in central China's Henan province, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010. Rescuers battled dangerous levels of gas, tons of coal dust and the risk of falling rocks as they worked to free miners after the explosion at the mine in central China early Saturday.  (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Dozens of anxious relatives and friends of 11 miners trapped underground by an explosion in central China gathered outside the site Sunday while rescuers said they were fighting…

Sixth of 33 men rescued from Chilean mine (AP)

October 13th, 2010

In this photo released by the Chilean government, miner Juan Illanes is carried away on a stretcher after being rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, early Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010.  (AP Photo/Hugo Infante, Chilean government)AP - To hugs, cheers and tears, rescuers using a missile-like escape capsule began pulling 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom at last early Wednesday, 69…

Fifth of 33 men rescued from Chilean mine (AP)

October 13th, 2010

In this photo released by the Chilean presidential press office, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, right, hugs rescued miner Mario Sepulveda after Sepulveda was rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, early Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010.  (AP Photo/Jose Manuel de la Maza, Chilean Presidential Press Office)AP - To hugs, cheers and tears, rescuers using a missile-like escape capsule began pulling 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom at last early Wednesday, 69…

Fourth of 33 men rescued from Chilean mine (AP)

October 13th, 2010

In this photo released by the Chilean presidential press office, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, front right, hugs rescued miner Florencio Avalos after Avalos was rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Tuesday Oct. 12, 2010.  (AP Photo/Jose Manuel de la Maza, Chilean presidential press office)AP - To hugs, cheers and tears, rescuers using a missile-like escape capsule began pulling 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom at last early Wednesday, 69…

US rescuers may have killed Afghanistan aid worker (AP)

October 11th, 2010

In this undated black and white photo made available Saturday Oct. 9, 2010, from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) showing kidnapped British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was being held by Afghan captors, who has been killed during a rescue attempt by NATO forces. The aid worker, identified as Linda Norgrove, was killed Friday Oct. 8, 2010,  night by her captors during an operation to free her, Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a statement from London. (AP Photo / FCO) ** NO SALES **AP - At first, NATO blamed a Taliban bomb for the death of a captive British aid worker during an American rescue attempt in eastern Afghanistan.


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Rescuers expand lifeline to trapped Chile miners (AP)

August 23rd, 2010

Chile's President Sebastian third from left, accompanied by miners' relatives and Chile's Mining Minister Lourence Golbourne, right, celebrates after knowing that 33 miners, trapped in a collapsed mine, were found alive in Copiapo, northern  Chile. The miners have been trapped below the surface of the mine since the main access collapsed. (AP Photo/Hector Retamal)AP - Engineers reinforced a lifeline Monday to 33 miners entombed deep inside a Chilean gold and copper mine, preparing to keep them supplied with food, water, medicine and communications…

Colombian leader praises rescuers in plane crash (AP)

August 18th, 2010

A plane that crashed lays in pieces along the runaway at the airport on San Andres island in Colombia, Monday Aug. 16, 2010. The Boeing 737 operated by the airline Aires crashed on landing after departing from Bogota around midnight local time with 131 passengers. According to an Air Force official, at least one passenger died.  (AP Photo/Periodico El Isleno, Richard Garcia)AP - Authorities on Wednesday reopened the island runway where a jetliner crashed with 131 people aboard, clearing the way for flights after crews worked overnight to remove spilled fuel…

Plane carrying 152 crashes in Pakistan (AP)

July 28th, 2010