Berks-based water rescue team describes preparation for recovery operations
A Berks-based rescue team trains for tragic events like the midair collision in Washington, and they have advanced gear and tools to do the job.
“Thank God they got it out” Fire at abandoned mine in Fayette County extinguished
A fire in an abandoned mine in Fairchance, Fayette County has been extinguished, and the Pennsylvania Department of ...
Allegheny County officials talk about challenges of frigid river rescues and recovery
The county's emergency services chief says a rescue or recovery on the river -- like the one after an airplane and helicopter ...
Area fallen soldiers remembered 81 years after Allied landing craft sank off coast of Italy
When Allied forces landed on the Italian coast at Anzio 81 years ago, they began a four-month battle that left some 7,000 of ...
Two Beaver County WWII soldiers killed 81 years ago in ship explosion remembered
PFC Peter Dudenich of Ambridge and PVT William Patrick Nairn of Aliquippa are among 58 Pennsylvania soldiers who died the morning of Jan. 26, 1944, when their ship struck a Nazi mine being remembered ...
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South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 dead and 246 survivors
A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba ...
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The rescue of hundreds of miners in a deep South African gold mine began with a camera and a note
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A specialized mine rescue camera was lowered late last year into an ...
Illegal mining ringleader escaped during South Africa disaster with help from officers, police say
South African police say a suspected illegal gold mining ringleader escaped from custody with help from police officers about ...
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‘The smell of death was everywhere’ – Stilfontein mine rescue ends
On Monday, as the formal rescue operation commenced to retrieve miners from an abandoned mineshaft in Stilfontein, two men donned some protective gear and stepped into a metal cage that was to be ...
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South Africa mine end rescue: 78 bodies, 246 illegal miners lifted out
Police have called an end to a rescue operation that was launched in South Africa to rescue about 300 illegal miners known as ZamaZamas trapped more than two kilometres underground. Police ...
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South Africa: 'The Smell of Death Was Everywhere' - Stilfontein Mine Rescue Ends
Mines Rescue Services CEO Mannas Fourie said that late on Wednesday the community volunteers indicated that there was no one else alive down in the shaft. On Thursday, an empty cage was loaded ...
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Police condemned as deaths of 78 miners confirmed in South Africa mine rescue operation
The South African Police Service confirmed the deaths of at least 78 people on Wednesday following the end of a rescue operation at an abandoned mine where miners, cut off from food and water, had ...