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'Four-day window' for Thai boys' rescue
Teams have a three to four-day window to save 12 Thai boys and their football coach from a cave where they have been trapped for two weeks, according to the leader of the rescue efforts. Narongsak Osottanakorn said conditions were currently "perfect". There is concern that monsoon rains could follow, further flooding the narrow passages.
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Thai boys 'can walk but can't dive yet'
The 12 boys and their football coach trapped in waterlogged caves in Thailand will not be rescued overnight as they "cannot dive", officials say. The boys have been trapped for nearly two weeks in a chamber in the Tham Luang cave complex. They ventured in while the cave was dry but were caught out by a sudden deluge of rain, which flooded the system. Earlier, a former Thai navy diver died on his way out of the caves after delivering air tanks to those trapped.
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Navy SEAL dies while rescuing Thai schoolboys trapped in cave
THE grim reality facing the 12 Thai boys and their football coach has never been more evident. New footage of the daunting conditions facing the group trapped in a flooded cave has been captured by British television network ITV. Several rescuers can be seen struggling through dark, narrow passages. They can see where they are going only through headlights, and are moving through the flooded cave system holding a rope above them.
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'No risks' to be taken to free Thai boys
Rescuers will take no risks in freeing the 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand, an official said. They have received their first food and medical treatment in 10 days. Seven divers, including a doctor and a nurse, joined the group inside the caves in the north of the country after they were discovered alive on Monday. Rescuers are now considering how best to bring the group to safety.
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Guatemala ends search for volcano victims with 200 still missing
Guatemala has ended its search for victims in the zone that suffered the most deaths and injuries from the Fuego volcano eruption, its disaster agency said. At least 110 people died and 197 are still missing after violent eruptions that began two weeks ago, according to disaster agency CONRED.
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Neighbor breaks into home, saves deaf woman from Las Vegas house fire
A deaf woman is safe after her neighbor broke into her home to alert her to a fire that was burning outside late Tuesday night, according to fire officials.Firefighters responded just after 11:15 p.m. to the 4500 block of Mark Avenue, near Decatur and Lake
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Wild elephant saved in dramatic rescue
Officials in the Indian state of Uttarakhand have saved a wild elephant from drowning in the Ganges river. Forest guards at Rajaji Tiger Reserve near Rishikesh found the elephant stuck at one of the barrages on the river early on Thursday. They diverted water to reduce the river level, allowing the male elephant to swim to safety.
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He Wanted a Prize
This photo made available by the Titusville Fire and Emergency services shows fire fighters attempting to rescue a boy who crawled inside a claw-style vending machine, in Titusville, Florida, Feb. 7, 2018.
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Polish climbers in heroic Himalaya rescue
English News Lessons: Free 27-Page lesson plan / 2-page mini-lesson - Himalayas Rescue - Handouts, online activities, speed reading, dictation, mp3... current events.
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Up to 43 people still missing in Montecito; dead include four children
Rescue crews continued to search Thursday for survivors amid the mud and wreckage of Montecito’s massive debris field, but acknowledged that the window to save lives is rapidly closing. Up to 43 people remain unaccounted for following Tuesday’s massive mudflow, though officials said that number is highly fluid.
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Missing Argentine submarine 'is located by US Navy'
The missing Argentine submarine may have been located early this morning, after the US Navy detected a 'heat signal' from 230ft below the surface, some 185miles from the coast.
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Is Frida Sofía Real? Girl Trapped Under School Rubble After Mexico Earthquake Never Existed
Mexican rescuers teamed up and spent hours trying to save a girl trapped under the rubble at the Enrique Rebsamen elementary school in Mexico City after a powerful earthquake rattled the area. Now it's being reported that the girl, "Frida Sofía," never existed.
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Southwest Airlines Just Flew A Cabin Full Of Animals Out Of Storm-Hit Houston
It was wheels up for around 80 orphan dogs and cats this week as they were flown from overcrowded shelters in storm-hit Houston to new lives in California. Dozens of animal crates packed the cabin of a donated San Diego-bound Southwest Airlines flight on Tuesday, thanks to volunteers with the airline and various animal rescue groups.
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French philosopher Dufourmantelle drowns rescuing children - BBC News
The French philosopher, who wrote a book called Praise of Risk, dies trying to save two children.
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Dramatic rescue saves 7 horses from icy death in frozen-over slough
Firefighters near Grande Prairie, Alta., used their specialized training to rescue 10 frantic horses that broke through an ice-covered slough on Sunday. Dramatic video shows how firefighters saved the horses, three of which later died from the ordeal. The herd had wandered onto the ice before falling through, said Trevor Grant, regional fire chief in the County of Grande Prairie.
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Italian avalanche: hope for survivors after three puppies found alive in rubble
Rescuers have recovered three puppies from under the rubble of an Italian mountain hotel that was hit by an avalanche five days ago, raising fresh hopes that some of the 22 people still missing could be found alive. Firefighter Fabio Jerman said the discovery of the three shaggy white Abruzzo sheepdog pups meant there were still air pockets in the collapsed building – “an important sign of life, which gives us hope,” he said. But as light began to fade, the body of a woman was recovered from the rubble, bringing the number of the dead to seven.
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Swift water team saves horse in Cumberland County
When flood water from Hurricane Matthew inundated his stall at Cumberland County Animal Control, the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office Swift Water Rescue Team raced to save the horse before he drowned.
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Three men rescued from remote island after writing ‘help’ on the sand
They had no choice but to swim. The three men had left just hours earlier when a large wave capsized their 19-foot skiff on Monday night. They swam through two miles of dark water before finding salvation: the tiny Pacific Island of Fanadik, several hundred miles north of Papua New Guinea. For three days, the men remained stranded on the uninhabited island, hoping for help.
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Marooned Among the Polar Bears
The pounding noise shatters the ancient, eerie silence of the Davis Strait, a frigid finger of ocean separating Canada and Greenland. Thwick-thwack, thwick-thwack, thwick-thwack. It comes from above but the marine fog is thick, the source invisible. The sound gets closer, louder. THWICK-THWACK, THWICK-THWACK, THWICK-THWACK. The pilot wears an old red neoprene survival suit. But it's hot in the helicopter, and the bulky outfit's mittens...
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How I Saved My Cat’s Life with a Sledgehammer and a Selfie Stick
It’s New Year’s Day, 2016, and I’m standing in my bathroom trying to explain to the fire chief that I bought this selfie stick for the sole purpose of rescuing my cat... By Jake Knapp.
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